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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2015Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 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 25, 2015, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2015, 6:14 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2015-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-545 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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.

329 
WFUS53 KDDC 252301
TORDDC
KSC083-252330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0047.150625T2301Z-150625T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES 
  SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JETMORE AROUND 615 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 3793 10010 3804 10018 3825 9976 3793 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 253DEG 22KT 3805 9998 

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

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
129 
WWUS53 KDDC 252314
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

KSC083-252323-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150625T2330Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
614 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3793 10010 3804 10018 3825 9976 3793 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 253DEG 22KT 3807 9988 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens43 min
Jun 25, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton36 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman63 min
Jun 25, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman24 min
Jun 25, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton39 min
Jun 25, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord51 min
Jun 25, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray13 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee45 min
Jun 25, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray26 min
Jun 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford37 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.