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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:28 PM CDTHAIL 1Tice, KS
May 27, 6:59 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ne Sublette, KSBRIEF 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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

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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

$$

SUGDEN
2 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

$$

SUGDEN
251 
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 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
May 27, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane27 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Hodgeman34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott54 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade33 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton14 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott48 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade3 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell3 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.