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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2025, 11:23 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 4 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 18, 2025, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2025, 11:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Neola, KS | Storm chaser photo of large tornado along with debris signature on radar. |
| May 18, 11:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Neola, KS | Storm chaser photo of large tornado along with debris signature on radar. |
| May 18, 11:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | Neola, KS | |
| May 18, 11:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | Neola, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 599 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 675 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 11.3
- Supercell composite
- 45.1
The text
As transmitted.
254
WFUS53 KDDC 190423
TORDDC
KSC151-185-190515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.250519T0423Z-250519T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1123 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
Northeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1123 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
was located near Preston, moving northeast at 30 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete
destruction is possible.
* The tornado will be near...
Neola around 1130 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is ongoing. To protect your life, 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3774 9864 3791 9867 3803 9847 3783 9847
3782 9846 3778 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 242DEG 24KT 3781 9860
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
546
WWUS53 KDDC 190435
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1135 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025
KSC151-185-190515-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250519T0515Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
1135 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...
At 1134 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located very near Neola, moving northeast at 30 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may
be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes
will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction
is possible.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Stafford and northeastern Pratt Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is ongoing. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3777 9852 3788 9855 3795 9847 3783 9847
3782 9846 3778 9847 3777 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 242DEG 24KT 3785 9851
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
SPRINGER750
WWUS53 KDDC 190443
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1143 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025
KSC151-185-190453-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250519T0515Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
1143 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
PRATT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 9852 3788 9855 3795 9847 3783 9847
3782 9846 3778 9847 3777 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 242DEG 24KT 3788 9844
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 24 min |
| May 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| May 18, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 18 min |
| May 18, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 28 min |
| May 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt | 49 min |
| May 18, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 26 min |
| May 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 28 min |
| May 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 40 min |
| May 18, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 50 min |
| May 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 40 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.