Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 6:25 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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 27, 2015, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 7:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 27, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Tice, KS | |
| May 27, 6:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Sublette, KS | BRIEF TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A STORM CHASER |
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 27, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907
WUUS53 KDDC 272325
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-280030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0107.150527T2325Z-150528T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
SUBLETTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUBLETTE...COPELAND AND TICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3746 10086 3759 10084 3763 10046 3737 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 284DEG 11KT 3749 10078
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
502
WWUS53 KDDC 272352
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
652 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
KSC069-081-119-280030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-150528T0030Z/
MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-
652 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...EAST CENTRAL HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY
COUNTIES...
AT 652 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COPELAND AND TICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3749 10084 3759 10084 3763 10046 3743 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 241DEG 7KT 3749 10070
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN251
WWUS53 KDDC 280018
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
718 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
KSC069-081-119-280028-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-150528T0030Z/
MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-
718 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...EAST
CENTRAL HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3749 10084 3759 10084 3763 10046 3743 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 284DEG 11KT 3747 10060
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 28 min |
| May 27, 2:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 41 hr |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 25 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 28 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 11 min |
| May 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 15 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 14 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 13 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Haskell | 3 hr |
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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.