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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2024, 2:19 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2024, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2024, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:30 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 1 Ene Ellis, KS | |
| May 19, 2:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Sse Ellis, KS | |
| May 19, 2:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Ellis, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KDDC 191919
TORDDC
KSC051-191945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.240519T1919Z-240519T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
219 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 219 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ellis, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Ellis.
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 3901 9918 3884 9956 3888 9960 3890 9959
3913 9936 3913 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 228DEG 36KT 3890 9953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 31 min |
| May 18, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 33 min |
| May 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 67 min |
| May 19, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| May 19, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 64 min |
| May 19, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 31 min |
| May 19, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 42 min |
| May 19, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 19 min |
| May 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 52 min |
| May 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 53 min |
| May 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 28 min |
| May 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 50 min |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 62 min |
| May 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| May 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 50 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 56 min |
| May 19, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 3 more | 53 min |
| May 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 25 min |
| May 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.