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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 3:11 PM CST for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Nov 16, 2015, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:27 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 7 N Rolla, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082
WFUS53 KDDC 162111
TORDDC
KSC129-189-162145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0049.151116T2111Z-151116T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
311 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 310 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR WILBURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROLLA AROUND 320 PM CST.
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 3704 10189 3738 10169 3736 10144 3716 10134
3700 10171 3701 10185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 222DEG 49KT 3706 10180
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
317
WWUS53 KDDC 162120
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
320 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC129-189-162145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-151116T2145Z/
MORTON KS-STEVENS KS-
320 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROLLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 10177 3738 10169 3736 10144 3716 10134
3710 10169 3710 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 222DEG 49KT 3716 10168
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
FINCH292
WWUS53 KDDC 162139
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
339 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC129-189-162148-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-151116T2145Z/
MORTON KS-STEVENS KS-
339 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHWESTERN
STEVENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CST...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
STANTON, GRANT, MORTON AND STEVENS COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3712 10177 3738 10169 3736 10144 3716 10134
3710 10169 3710 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 222DEG 49KT 3716 10168
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 67 min |
| Nov 16, 2:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 51 min |
| Nov 16, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Stevens | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 29 min |
| Nov 16, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Stevens | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| Nov 16, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 16 min |
| Nov 16, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane | 46 min |
| Nov 16, 5:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 61 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.