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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2015Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 4:48 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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 24, 2015, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 24, 4:56 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 N Catherine, KS
Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Emmeram, KS	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 N Emmeram, KS
Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ne Emmeram, KS
Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Ne Emmeram, KS
Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	7 Nne Emmeram, KS

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.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

892 
WFUS53 KDDC 242148
TORDDC
KSC051-242215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0015.150424T2148Z-150424T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF EMMERAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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 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 3902 9904 3898 9921 3910 9931 3913 9926
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 238DEG 7KT 3906 9918 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

305 
WWUS53 KDDC 242206
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
506 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC051-242215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150424T2215Z/
ELLIS KS-
506 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
        
AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CODELL...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF EMMERAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. SPOTTERS IN       
         NORTHWEST RUSSELL COUNTY REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD     
         LOWERING FROM THE STORM WEST OF THEIR LOCATION IN NORTHEAST 
         ELLIS COUNTY.
 
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 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 3902 9904 3899 9918 3912 9921 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 238DEG 7KT 3907 9915 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GERARD

680 
WWUS53 KDDC 242216
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC051-242226-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150424T2215Z/
ELLIS KS-
516 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER 
SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3902 9904 3899 9918 3912 9921 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 238DEG 7KT 3907 9915 

$$

GERARD

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, 9:03 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, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	29 min
Apr 24, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	44 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

Nearby

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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.