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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2024, 8:54 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 1, 2024, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2024, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
694
WFUS53 KDDC 020154
TORDDC
KSC101-135-020230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.240502T0154Z-240502T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
854 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Northeastern Lane County in west central Kansas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 854 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pendennis, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Utica.
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 3870 10015 3858 10016 3863 10042 3870 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 278DEG 15KT 3868 10033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
667
WWUS53 KDDC 020200
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
900 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
KSC101-135-020230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240502T0230Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
900 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...
At 900 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Pendennis, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Utica and Pendennis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is ongoing. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement
or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move
to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying
debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10015 3858 10016 3862 10037 3870 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 278DEG 15KT 3868 10029
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
SPRINGER746
WWUS53 KDDC 020213
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
913 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
KSC101-135-020230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240502T0230Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
913 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...
At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Utica, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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.
Locations impacted include...
Utica.
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 3870 10015 3862 10016 3865 10030 3870 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 278DEG 15KT 3867 10022
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| May 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 39 min |
| May 1, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 24 min |
| May 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| May 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 24 min |
| May 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 40 min |
| May 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 40 min |
| May 2, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 66 min |
| May 2, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 62 min |
| May 2, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| May 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 57 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.