Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2015, 6:41 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
- Apr 8, 2015, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Nne Aetna, KS | A LARGE CONE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AT 655 PM. IT LIFTED AROUND 700 PM. |
| Apr 8, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Nne Aetna, KS | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY BUT WAS OBSCURED BY RAIN AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Apr 8, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 S Lake City, KS | THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 3 MINUTES. |
| Apr 8, 7:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Se Lake City, KS | MOST OF THE HAIL WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF PENNIES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KDDC 082341
TORDDC
KSC007-033-090015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.150408T2341Z-150409T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE
COUNTY
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL TORNADO! ACT NOW!
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 3708 9905 3718 9915 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 237DEG 29KT 3716 9900
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
162
WWUS53 KDDC 082351
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
KSC033-090000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
COMANCHE KS-
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891
$$
KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
AT 650 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE CITY AROUND 710 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 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
UMSCHEID347
WWUS53 KDDC 090002
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
AT 701 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...LARGE DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND STORM CHASERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE CITY AROUND 715 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 237DEG 29KT 3723 9886
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:23 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 30 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.