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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2015, 10:14 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411
WFUS53 KDDC 100314
TORDDC
KSC057-069-083-100345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.150510T0314Z-150510T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1014 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1013 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
INGALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CIMARRON AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
HOWELL AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
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 3762 10052 3780 10054 3801 10016 3771 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 233DEG 43KT 3773 10045
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
075
WWUS53 KDDC 100330
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
KSC057-069-083-100345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150510T0345Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-GRAY KS-
1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN FORD AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY
COUNTIES...
AT 1030 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CIMARRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOWELL AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 10036 3783 10041 3801 10016 3771 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 231DEG 41KT 3783 10032
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
FINCH341
WWUS53 KDDC 100337
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1037 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
KSC057-069-083-100346-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150510T0345Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-GRAY KS-
1037 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN FORD
AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3777 10036 3783 10041 3801 10016 3771 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 233DEG 43KT 3783 10032
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 28 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 30 min |
| May 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 30 min |
| May 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 43 min |
| May 9, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 38 min |
| May 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 23 min |
| May 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 43 min |
| May 9, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 56 min |
| May 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 52 min |
| May 9, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 40 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.