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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 30, 2020Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2020, 4:34 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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: Mar 30, 2020, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2020, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

707 
WFUS53 KDDC 302134
TORDDC
KSC067-187-302215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.200330T2134Z-200330T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
434 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 515 PM CDT.
    
* At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Big Bow, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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
  southwestern Grant and eastern Stanton Counties.

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 3761 10179 3774 10159 3744 10126 3739 10153
      3739 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 234DEG 31KT 3752 10156 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

889 
WWUS53 KDDC 302142
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
442 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020

KSC067-187-302215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200330T2215Z/
Grant KS-Stanton KS-
442 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL STANTON COUNTIES...
    
At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Big Bow, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.

Locations impacted include...
Big Bow.

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 3756 10173 3768 10158 3746 10131 3742 10154
      3748 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 229DEG 24KT 3755 10152 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	43 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	62 min
Mar 30, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	59 min
Mar 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	65 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	44 min
Mar 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stevens	42 min
Mar 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	16 min
Mar 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stevens	24 min
Mar 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	65 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	23 min
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	45 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.