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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 1, 2020Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2020, 7:38 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: Jul 1, 2020, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2020, 8:09 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 1, 7:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Nw Kismet, KS	A CENTER-PIVOT SPRINKLER SYSTEM WAS DESTROYED AT THIS LOCATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

122 
WFUS53 KDDC 020038
TORDDC
KSC175-020130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.200702T0038Z-200702T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
738 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 738 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southeast of Satanta, moving southeast at 15
  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
  northern Seward 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 3731 10103 3737 10093 3727 10067 3714 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 308DEG 13KT 3732 10092 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

006 
WWUS53 KDDC 020053
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
753 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

KSC175-020130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-200702T0130Z/
Seward KS-
753 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY...
          
At 753 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 9 miles northwest of
Kismet, moving southeast at 20 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
northeastern Seward County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is ongoing. 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 3730 10092 3735 10089 3727 10067 3718 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 296DEG 15KT 3730 10084 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

GERARD

205 
WWUS53 KDDC 020109
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
809 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

KSC175-020118-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-200702T0130Z/
Seward KS-
809 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3730 10092 3735 10089 3727 10067 3718 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 308DEG 13KT 3726 10078 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	42 min
Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	38 min
Jul 1, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	46 min
Jul 2, 5:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 5 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	40 min
Jul 2, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	47 min
Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	42 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	38 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	38 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	44 min
Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	40 min
Jul 2, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Kearny	49 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	45 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	41 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	25 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.