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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2015Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 12:16 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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 25, 2015, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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 25, 12:20 AM CDTTORNADO3 S Ft. Dodge, KSA BARN WAS DAMAGED AND A PORCH TO A HOUSE HAD DAMAGE. TIME WAS ESTIMATED.
May 25, 12:20 AM CDTTORNADO3 S Ft. Dodge, KS
May 25, 12:35 AM CDTTORNADO5 S Dodge City, KS
May 25, 12:37 AM CDTTORNADOFt. Dodge, KSREPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT THIS TIME.
May 25, 12:41 AM CDTTORNADO2 E Ft. Dodge, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 819 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 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

238 
WFUS53 KDDC 250516
TORDDC
KSC057-250545-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.150525T0516Z-150525T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1216 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
    
* AT 1216 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ENSIGN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  DODGE CITY AND FT. DODGE AROUND 1245 AM 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 3766 10022 3769 10021 3780 9991 3771 9986
      3763 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 240DEG 20KT 3767 10014 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
421 
WWUS53 KDDC 250523
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1223 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

KSC057-250545-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150525T0545Z/
FORD KS-
1223 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL FORD COUNTY...
    
AT 1223 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY.

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 3766 10010 3769 10012 3773 9990 3771 9986
      3766 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 240DEG 20KT 3769 10009 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton43 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton55 min
May 24, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens50 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny45 min
May 24, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCSeward, Stevens26 min
May 24, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward20 min
May 24, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton47 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny48 min
May 24, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and 1 more44 min
May 24, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton49 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade, Seward27 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward50 min
May 24, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Scott47 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward33 min
May 24, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens12 min
May 24, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens49 min
May 24, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Lane49 min
May 24, 9:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCGray, Meade, Seward33 min
May 24, 10:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCGray, Meade36 min
May 24, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens65 min
May 24, 10:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCGray, Meade47 min
May 24, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward10 hr
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward50 min
May 24, 11:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCFord, Gray34 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade, Seward46 min
May 25, 12:36 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord24 min
May 25, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa55 min
May 25, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade52 min
May 25, 1:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Gray6 hr
May 25, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pawnee52 min
May 25, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade50 min
May 25, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford47 min
May 25, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord39 min
May 25, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord65 min
May 25, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford48 min
May 25, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards38 min
May 25, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.