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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Howell, KS | LANDSPOUT 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.
- 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
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 $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
751
WWUS53 KDDC 230025
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
KSC057-069-230045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150623T0045Z/
FORD KS-GRAY KS-
725 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL FORD AND EASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM CDT...THE TORNADO NEAR HOWELL HAD DISSIPATED, HOWEVER
OTHER BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES COULD STILL FORM RAPIDLY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO EARLIER.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 10015 3774 10028 3780 10029 3780 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 273DEG 6KT 3776 10021
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KRUSE324
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
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 27 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.