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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2015Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2015, 4:31 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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 28, 2015, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 4:54 PM CDTTORNADO11 W Friend, KSSTORM CHASER REPORTED A LIKELY TORNADO WRAPPED IN RAIN LOOKING WEST.
May 28, 5:10 PM CDTHAIL 110 S Modoc, KS
May 28, 5:10 PM CDTHAIL 114 Sw Scott City, 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 28, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

813 
WFUS53 KDDC 282131
TORDDC
KSC171-282200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0043.150528T2131Z-150528T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
431 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
    
* AT 431 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYDIA...MOVING EAST AT 25
  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...
  MODOC AROUND 450 PM CDT.
  SHALLOW WATER AROUND 500 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 3851 10097 3827 10085 3827 10112 3843 10113
      3847 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 254DEG 23KT 3837 10121 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
710 
WWUS53 KDDC 282146
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
446 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC171-282200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
446 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
    
AT 446 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...PUBLIC 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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MODOC AROUND 450 PM CDT.
  SHALLOW WATER AROUND 500 PM CDT.

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 3851 10097 3827 10085 3827 10112 3843 10113
      3847 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 266DEG 20KT 3838 10110 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
819 
WWUS53 KDDC 282157
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
457 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC171-282207-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
457 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3851 10097 3827 10085 3827 10112 3843 10113
      3847 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 254DEG 23KT 3838 10110 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman57 min
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray50 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman54 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness6 hr
May 27, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade27 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray17 min
May 27, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane12 hr
May 27, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMeade27 hr
May 27, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards28 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHaskell27 hr
May 28, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness9 hr
May 28, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton46 min
May 28, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens7 hr
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny33 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess49 min
May 28, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton18 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny50 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott18 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott36 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
May 28, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego43 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton33 min
May 28, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott40 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness61 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess43 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness48 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott3 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.