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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 1995Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 241 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 222143
TORDDC
KSC051-222230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...ELLIS COUNTY
 
AT 439 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST SOUTH
OF ELLIS OR 14 MILES WEST HAYS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IT WILL BE IN THE
HAYS AREA BY 505 PM CDT.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW!
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess50 min
May 22, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane30 min
May 22, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness47 min
May 22, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa28 min
May 22, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt42 min
May 22, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego51 min
May 22, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt51 min
May 22, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego45 min
May 22, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
May 22, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee41 min
May 22, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee33 min
May 22, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards42 min
May 22, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStevens52 min
May 22, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis45 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford43 min
May 22, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards35 min
May 22, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStevens29 min
May 22, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell54 min
May 22, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards19 min
May 22, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford26 min
May 22, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCSeward, Stevens41 min

Nearby

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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.