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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:50 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ene Kalvesta, 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 27, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

551 
WFUS53 KDDC 272331
TORDDC
KSC055-083-280000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0040.150527T2331Z-150528T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 631 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
  JETMORE AROUND 700 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3818 9980 3792 10008 3814 10033 3826 10021
      3826 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 298DEG 17KT 3816 10017 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
May 27, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane27 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Hodgeman34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott54 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade33 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton14 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade53 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott48 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade3 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell3 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.