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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 2015Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2015, 7:09 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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: Apr 16, 2015, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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
Apr 16, 7:10 PM MDT	HAIL 2.5	17 N Syracuse, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

227 
WFUS53 KDDC 170109
TORDDC
KSC075-170130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.150417T0109Z-150417T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 709 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10154 3824 10154 3815 10166 3817 10174
      3826 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 208DEG 13KT 3821 10170 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

866 
WWUS53 KDDC 170127
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
727 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015

KSC075-170137-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150417T0130Z/
HAMILTON KS-
727 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 730 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3826 10154 3824 10154 3815 10166 3817 10174
      3826 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 208DEG 13KT 3821 10170 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	54 min
Apr 16, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	61 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	31 min
Apr 17, 2:12 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Morton	16 hr
Apr 17, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	66 min
Apr 17, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	34 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	62 min
Apr 17, 5:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	66 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.