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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 21, 2020Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2020, 8:32 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2020, 8:52 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

421 
WFUS53 KDDC 220132
TORDDC
KSC055-093-220215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.200522T0132Z-200522T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 832 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 11 miles southeast 
  of Lakin, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Weak, brief tornado and tennis ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Kearny and southwestern Finney Counties.

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 3779 10114 3784 10114 3792 10088 3774 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 266DEG 16KT 3782 10110 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

Tatro

1 follow-up statement

437 
WWUS53 KDDC 220152
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-093-220201-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200522T0215Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-
852 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN
FINNEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
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.

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

LAT...LON 3779 10114 3784 10114 3792 10088 3774 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 266DEG 16KT 3783 10099 

$$

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, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kearny	38 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, 8:35 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.