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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2015Finney County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 5:50 PM CDT for Finney County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Finney County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

773 
WFUS53 KDDC 242250
TORDDC
KSC055-171-242315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0017.150424T2250Z-150424T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRIEND...MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHALLOW WATER AROUND 600 PM CDT.
  FRIEND AROUND 605 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10106 3837 10101 3837 10069 3817 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 281DEG 11KT 3830 10096 

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

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

284 
WWUS53 KDDC 242305
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-171-242315-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150424T2315Z/
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-
605 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3823 10106 3837 10101 3837 10069 3817 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 281DEG 11KT 3830 10096 

$$

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, 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, 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.