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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2015Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 7 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
May 7, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTTORNADO6 Wnw Montezuma, KSDAMAGE TO SHED AND GARAGE, TRACTOR WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTTORNADO6 Wnw Montezuma, KS
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTTORNADOCopeland, KSMULTIPLE LANDSPOUTS IN THE VICINITY OF COPELAND.
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTTORNADOCopeland, KS
May 7, 4:01 PM CDTTORNADO6 Nne Copeland, KSMULTIPLE LANDSPOUTS REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
May 7, 4:01 PM CDTTORNADO7 Ne Copeland, KSMULTIPLE LANDSPOUTS REPORTED.
May 7, 4:06 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 Nnw Montezuma, 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2015-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

968 
WFUS53 KDDC 072051
TORDDC
KSC069-081-072115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0019.150507T2051Z-150507T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
351 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 350 PM CDT...TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  TICE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3739 10074 3757 10083 3773 10048 3759 10041
      3747 10060 3748 10065 3744 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 177DEG 26KT 3767 10046 3748 10075 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber35 min
May 7, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt40 min
May 7, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford45 min
May 7, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee41 min
May 7, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman51 min
May 7, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Seward46 min
May 7, 4:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCGray, Haskell21 min
May 7, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee51 min
May 7, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman50 min
May 7, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Rush57 min
May 7, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford44 min
May 7, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray38 min
May 7, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis19 min
May 7, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton58 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMorton32 min
May 7, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego56 min
May 7, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego52 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.