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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2019, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
170
WFUS53 KDDC 060030
TORDDC
KSC119-060115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.190506T0030Z-190506T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
730 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 815 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fowler, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10042 3743 10040 3739 10022 3730 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 296DEG 3KT 3738 10031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
706
WWUS53 KDDC 060039
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
739 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019
KSC119-060115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190506T0115Z/
Meade KS-
739 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...
At 738 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fowler, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. At 738 pm...doppler radar
indicated two possible tornadoes located 5 miles northeast
of Missler and 6 miles north of Meade.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Meade County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10042 3743 10040 3739 10022 3730 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 296DEG 3KT 3738 10030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 56 min |
| May 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 28 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 53 min |
| May 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 53 min |
| May 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 12 hr |
| May 6, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman and 6 more | 62 hr |
| May 6, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 48 min |
| May 6, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.