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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 21, 2020Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2020, 7:07 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 21, 2020, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 21, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 8.0

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The text

As transmitted.

414 
WFUS53 KDDC 220007
TORDDC
KSC093-220045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.200522T0007Z-200522T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
707 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 707 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles southeast of Kendall, moving northeast at 20
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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...
  Lakin around 745 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 3803 10141 3793 10124 3777 10141 3778 10153
      3781 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 217DEG 19KT 3782 10148 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

Tatro

3 follow-up statements

701 
WWUS53 KDDC 220017
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
717 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

KSC093-220045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200522T0045Z/
Kearny KS-
717 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY...
    
At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southeast of Kendall, moving northeast at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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 Kearny 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 3790 10148 3787 10131 3777 10141 3778 10153
      3781 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 234DEG 16KT 3781 10142 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

Tatro

799 
WWUS53 KDDC 220029
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
729 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

KSC093-220045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200522T0045Z/
Kearny KS-
729 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY...
    
At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southeast of Kendall, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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 Kearny 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 3787 10146 3784 10134 3777 10141 3777 10146
      3782 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 268DEG 12KT 3779 10142 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

TATRO

822 
WWUS53 KDDC 220038
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
738 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

KSC093-220047-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200522T0045Z/
Kearny KS-
738 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and 
a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area for 
hail to the size of baseballs. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3787 10146 3784 10134 3777 10141 3777 10146
      3782 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 217DEG 19KT 3782 10139 

$$

Tatro

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	43 min
May 21, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Seward	48 min
May 21, 7:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	2 hr
May 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	47 min
May 21, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	42 min
May 21, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny	38 min
May 21, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	32 min
May 21, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	34 min
May 21, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	52 min
May 21, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Kearny	50 min
May 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	28 min
May 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	43 min
May 21, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Finney, Kearny	20 min
May 21, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	55 min
May 21, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane	46 min
May 21, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	52 min
May 21, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	51 min
May 21, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	28 min
May 21, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness	52 min
May 21, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	49 min
May 21, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
May 21, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	50 min
May 21, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	13 min
May 21, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	39 min
May 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	49 min
May 21, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	29 min
May 21, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Seward, Stevens	48 min
May 21, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	32 min
May 21, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	47 min
May 21, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade, Seward	47 min
May 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	30 hr

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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.