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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2015, 4:03 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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 27, 2015, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 4:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 Sse Amy, KS	A STORM CHASER REPORTED A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO WEST OF HIGHWAY 23
May 27, 4:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 Sse Amy, KS
May 27, 4:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Sse Amy, KS	A SECOND TORNADO WAS OBSERVED WEST OF HIGHWAY 23 FROM 410 TO 413PM
May 27, 4:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Sse Amy, KS
May 27, 4:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 S Dighton, KS	THIS WAS A BRIEF TORNADO LASTING A MINUTE OR LESS, JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 23
May 27, 4:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 S Dighton, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

334 
WFUS53 KDDC 272103
TORDDC
KSC101-272130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0035.150527T2103Z-150527T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
403 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
    
* AT 403 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF DIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  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
  SOUTHERN LANE 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 3829 10052 3835 10062 3845 10040 3836 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 227DEG 13KT 3834 10052 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

834 
WWUS53 KDDC 272113
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
413 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC101-272130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150527T2130Z/
LANE KS-
413 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY...
        
AT 413 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
DIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY.

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 3831 10049 3837 10056 3845 10040 3836 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 227DEG 13KT 3837 10048 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

612 
WWUS53 KDDC 272126
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
426 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC101-272136-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150527T2130Z/
LANE KS-
426 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 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.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3831 10049 3837 10056 3845 10040 3836 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 227DEG 13KT 3837 10048 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more	41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	31 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell	56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell	50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman	34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	54 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	33 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	14 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	53 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	48 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman	29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	3 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Haskell	3 hr

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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.