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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2015, 5:46 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report 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, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Sublette, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186
WFUS53 KDDC 272246
TORDDC
KSC081-272315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0038.150527T2246Z-150527T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 546 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR SUBLETTE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
TICE AROUND 615 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 3739 10093 3753 10094 3753 10068 3739 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 267DEG 10KT 3745 10084
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
SUGDEN1 follow-up statement
229
WWUS53 KDDC 272301
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
KSC081-272311-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-150527T2315Z/
HASKELL KS-
601 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3739 10093 3753 10094 3753 10068 3739 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 267DEG 10KT 3745 10079
$$
SUGDENThe 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, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 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, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | 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.