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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2015Ellis County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 411 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 2015-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
218 
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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton54 min
Apr 23, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny65 min
Apr 23, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny27 min
Apr 23, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny36 min
Apr 24, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton37 min
Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis53 min
Apr 24, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny41 min
Apr 24, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis44 min
Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis27 min
Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis13 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott23 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott46 min
Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott25 min
Apr 24, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego22 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego51 min
Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford52 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.