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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2024, 5:51 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 27, 2024, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 2987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
656
WFUS53 KDDC 272251
TORDDC
KSC171-272330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0001.240427T2251Z-240427T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
551 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Scott County in west central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Modoc, moving east at 15 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...
Modoc around 555 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 3844 10094 3842 10113 3851 10113 3860 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 252DEG 13KT 3845 10113
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
191
WWUS53 KDDC 272314
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
614 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
KSC171-272330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240427T2330Z/
Scott KS-
614 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...
At 613 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Modoc, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Scott County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 10094 3848 10105 3854 10107 3860 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 236DEG 17KT 3853 10100
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
RUSSELL489 WWUS53 KDDC 272328 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 628 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 KSC171-272338- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240427T2330Z/ Scott KS- 628 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for west central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3849 10094 3848 10105 3854 10107 3860 10094 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 252DEG 13KT 3854 10094 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 10 min |
| Apr 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 42 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.