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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 9, 2015Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 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.

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.

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

$$

FINCH
2 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

$$

FINCH
341 
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 

$$

FINCH

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, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade30 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, 10:19 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.