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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 9, 2015Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
May 9, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
May 9, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 330 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
330 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

619 
WFUS53 KDDC 100045
TORDDC
KSC025-119-100115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0023.150510T0045Z-150510T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
745 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINNEOLA AROUND 805 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 3728 10020 3747 9999 3734 9966 3714 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 235DEG 23KT 3730 10005 

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

$$

RBURG
1 follow-up statement
362 
WWUS53 KDDC 100055
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
755 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

KSC119-100105-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150510T0115Z/
MEADE KS-

755 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3720 10005 3728 10009 3730 10009 3747 9999
      3737 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 222DEG 28KT 3735 9999 

$$

KSC025-100115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150510T0115Z/
CLARK KS-
755 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY...
    
AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINNEOLA AROUND 800 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 3720 10005 3728 10009 3730 10009 3747 9999
      3737 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 222DEG 28KT 3735 9999 

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

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward51 min
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman28 min
May 9, 7:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCTrego30 min
May 9, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane30 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford43 min
May 9, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark38 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 9, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane23 min
May 9, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray43 min
May 9, 10:14 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman31 min
May 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford56 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche52 min
May 9, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt40 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.