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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2024, 9:21 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2024, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
045
WFUS53 KDDC 020221
TORDDC
KSC135-195-020245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.240502T0221Z-240502T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
921 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...
Southwestern Trego County in west central Kansas...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 921 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located very near Utica, moving east at 10 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Utica around 925 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 3872 9998 3859 10003 3864 10025 3870 10023
3870 10016 3871 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 285DEG 11KT 3867 10017
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, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 36 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, 9:43 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.