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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 22, 2015Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 22, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:20 PM CDTTORNADO4 W Howell, KSLANDSPOUT TYPE TORNADO HIGHLY VISIBLE WITH A THIN ROPE APPEARANCE AND A VISIBLE DEBRIS CLOUD. THE TORNADO LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2832 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 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

561 
WFUS53 KDDC 230015
TORDDC
KSC057-069-230045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0046.150623T0015Z-150623T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR HOWELL...
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WEST CENTRAL FORD AND EASTERN GRAY COUNTIES.

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 3774 10015 3774 10028 3780 10029 3780 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 273DEG 34KT 3776 10020 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
751 
WWUS53 KDDC 230025
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

KSC057-069-230045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150623T0045Z/
FORD KS-GRAY KS-
725 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL FORD AND EASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 720 PM CDT...THE TORNADO NEAR HOWELL HAD DISSIPATED, HOWEVER 
OTHER BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES COULD STILL FORM RAPIDLY. 

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO EARLIER.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3774 10015 3774 10028 3780 10029 3780 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 273DEG 6KT 3776 10021 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
324 
WWUS53 KDDC 230035
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

KSC057-069-230044-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150623T0045Z/
FORD KS-GRAY KS-
735 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FORD AND EASTERN GRAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.  
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND 
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3774 10015 3774 10028 3780 10029 3780 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 273DEG 34KT 3776 10018 

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.