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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 13, 2021Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2021, 12:12 AM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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: Oct 13, 2021, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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
Oct 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

692 
WFUS53 KDDC 130512
TORDDC
KSC047-145-185-130530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0015.211013T0512Z-211013T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1212 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  East central Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1212 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
  tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located near
  Trousdale, moving northeast at 70 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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.

* These dangerous storms will be near...
  Macksville and Dillwyn around 1220 AM 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.

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9870 3782 9896 3783 9901 3778 9901
      3785 9915 3819 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 209DEG 62KT 3787 9904 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

SPRINGER

1 follow-up statement

131 
WWUS53 KDDC 130521
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1221 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

KSC047-145-185-130530-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-211013T0530Z/
Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-Edwards KS-
1221 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...WEST CENTRAL STAFFORD AND EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS
COUNTIES...

At 1220 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located near
Macksville, moving northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

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
southeastern Pawnee, west central Stafford and east central Edwards
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.

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9870 3785 9900 3791 9912 3819 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 209DEG 62KT 3801 9895 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	36 min
Oct 12, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	29 min
Oct 12, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	39 min
Oct 12, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	42 min
Oct 12, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	32 min
Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	43 min
Oct 12, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	47 min
Oct 12, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	40 min
Oct 12, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens	38 min
Oct 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	21 min
Oct 12, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	53 min
Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	45 min
Oct 12, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	23 min
Oct 12, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	26 min
Oct 12, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more	44 min
Oct 12, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	38 min
Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	21 min
Oct 12, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	11 min
Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford	31 min
Oct 12, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	40 min
Oct 12, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	39 min
Oct 12, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	24 min
Oct 12, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	58 min
Oct 12, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	54 min
Oct 12, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	67 min
Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	17 min
Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	27 min
Oct 12, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	32 min
Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	38 min
Oct 12, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	35 min
Oct 13, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more	58 min
Oct 13, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford	66 min
Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	29 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.