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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 4, 2015Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

FINCH
2 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

$$

FINCH
435 
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 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell40 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego45 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens40 min
Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray44 min
Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney49 min
Jun 4, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards39 min
Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman28 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis50 min

Nearby

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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.