Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 129 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.
432
WFUS53 KDDC 060030 RRA
TORDDC
KSC185-060100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0008.190506T0030Z-190506T0100Z/
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...
Northeastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Raymond, or 8 miles south of
Ellinwood, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
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
northeastern Stafford 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 3826 9862 3826 9847 3809 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 333DEG 18KT 3823 9855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
658
WWUS53 KDDC 060042
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
742 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019
KSC185-060100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190506T0100Z/
Stafford KS-
742 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Raymond, or 11 miles southeast of Ellinwood, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Stafford County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 9853 3826 9847 3815 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 301DEG 21KT 3821 9847
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
UMSCHEIDThe 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 | Meade | 45 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.