Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2015, 7:56 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 4, 2015, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755
WFUS53 KDDC 050056
TORDDC
KSC101-135-050130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0045.150605T0056Z-150605T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
756 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF PENDENNIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES.
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 3870 10017 3865 10017 3859 10038 3870 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 227DEG 17KT 3869 10033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
131
WWUS53 KDDC 050106
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015
KSC101-135-050130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150605T0130Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-
806 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...
AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENDENNIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENDENNIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10017 3865 10017 3861 10038 3870 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 227DEG 17KT 3870 10030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
FINCH435
WWUS53 KDDC 050121
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
821 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015
KSC101-135-050130-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150605T0130Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-
821 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3870 10017 3865 10017 3861 10038 3870 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 227DEG 17KT 3870 10030
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.