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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2004Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2004, 9:46 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 16, 2004, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Gray, KS	MEDIUM SIZE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. 60 MPH GUST ESTIMATED.

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 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

961 
WFUS53 KDDC 170246
TORDDC
KSC083-135-170330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
945 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHEAST HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND A
  TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAZINE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NESS
  CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEAST NESS COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM 
  NORTHEAST HODGEMAN COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM CDT. 
  GRAY AROUND 1010 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3844 10001 3823 10001 3811 9958 3847 9959
$$

BURGERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	50 min
May 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	75 min
May 16, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness	49 min
May 16, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	74 min
May 16, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Scott	45 min
May 16, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	43 min
May 16, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	64 min
May 16, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	66 min
May 16, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	61 min
May 16, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	61 min
May 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	37 min
May 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	42 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.