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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758
WFUS53 KDDC 242116
TORDDC
KSC051-242145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0014.150424T2116Z-150424T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
416 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF YOCEMENTO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAYS AROUND 425 PM CDT.
CATHERINE AROUND 445 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 3889 9943 3896 9950 3909 9926 3893 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 235DEG 11KT 3895 9940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 242132
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
432 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
KSC051-242145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150424T2145Z/
ELLIS KS-
432 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOCEMENTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 9941 3896 9948 3909 9926 3894 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 239DEG 9KT 3897 9936
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARDThe 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, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 27 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, 4:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.