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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2020, 4:48 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2020, 5:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
338
WFUS53 KDDC 302148
TORDDC
KSC067-187-302230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.200330T2148Z-200330T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
448 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
East central Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 446 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Big Bow, moving east at 30 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Ulysses around 500 PM CDT.
Hickok around 515 PM CDT.
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 3745 10151 3757 10167 3772 10135 3764 10124
3748 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 238DEG 24KT 3756 10149
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
971
WWUS53 KDDC 302200
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
500 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
KSC067-187-302230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200330T2230Z/
Grant KS-Stanton KS-
500 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL STANTON COUNTIES...
At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Big Bow, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Ulysses around 520 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10147 3753 10150 3758 10161 3772 10135
3764 10124 3748 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 241DEG 15KT 3758 10150
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
FINCH699
WWUS53 KDDC 302204
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
504 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
KSC067-187-302214-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200330T2230Z/
Grant KS-Stanton KS-
504 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL STANTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3745 10147 3753 10150 3758 10161 3772 10135
3764 10124 3748 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 238DEG 24KT 3760 10147
$$
FINCHThe 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, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stevens | 42 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.