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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2019, 6:58 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2019, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Missler, KS | |
| May 5, 7:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 N Meade, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
113
WFUS53 KDDC 052358
TORDDC
KSC119-060030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.190505T2358Z-190506T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
658 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 657 PM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located six miles
norh of Meade, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Meade County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Dodge City.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 10042 3743 10038 3737 10023 3729 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 289DEG 7KT 3737 10034
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 54 min |
| May 5, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 53 min |
| May 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| May 5, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 47 min |
| May 5, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 57 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray | 46 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 55 min |
| May 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| May 5, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 57 min |
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 5, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 37 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 36 min |
| May 5, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 57 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.