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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2015Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2015, 9:03 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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: Apr 23, 2015, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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
Apr 23, 9:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 N Lakin, KS
Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Deerfield, KS
Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Deerfield, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

882 
WFUS53 KDDC 240203
TORDDC
KSC093-240230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.150424T0203Z-150424T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
903 PM CDT THU APR 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF LAKIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF 
           LAKIN. 

  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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKIN AROUND 910 PM CDT.
  DEERFIELD AROUND 925 PM CDT.

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 3789 10137 3800 10137 3804 10111 3778 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 276DEG 23KT 3794 10132 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

442 
WWUS53 KDDC 240223
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
923 PM CDT THU APR 23 2015

KSC093-240232-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150424T0230Z/
KEARNY KS-
923 PM CDT THU APR 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REPLACED 
WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KEARNY COUNTY AND IS 
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE 
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN 
KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM.

LAT...LON 3789 10137 3800 10137 3804 10111 3778 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 276DEG 23KT 3794 10132 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	54 min
Apr 23, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	65 min
Apr 23, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	36 min
Apr 24, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	37 min
Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	53 min
Apr 24, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	41 min
Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	29 min
Apr 24, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	44 min
Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	27 min
Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	13 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	23 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	46 min
Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	25 min
Apr 24, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	22 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	51 min
Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 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.