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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2015, 6:47 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2015, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
640
WFUS53 KDDC 272347
TORDDC
KSC055-069-280015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0042.150527T2347Z-150528T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
647 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 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...
KALVESTA AROUND 715 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 3808 10070 3822 10055 3803 10023 3783 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 309DEG 22KT 3809 10055
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
340
WWUS53 KDDC 280006
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
KSC055-069-280015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-150528T0015Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-
706 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...
AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KALVESTA AROUND 715 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 10070 3822 10055 3803 10023 3783 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 316DEG 32KT 3805 10045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
UMSCHEIDThe 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, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 15 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, 6:49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.