Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 8, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Ese Lake City, KS | THE HAIL WAS VERY HEAVY FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND COVERED THE GROUND COMPLETELY. |
| Apr 8, 7:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Se Lake City, KS | MOST OF THE HAIL WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF PENNIES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374
WFUS53 KDDC 090007
TORDDC
KSC007-090045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.150409T0007Z-150409T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
707 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 655 PM, STORM SPOTTERS AND
CHASERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF AETNA.
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...
LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.
MEDICINE LODGE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. A NEW TORNADO WILL LIKELY
FORM AT ANY TIME!
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY.
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 3718 9885 3730 9893 3746 9863 3738 9847
3720 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 240DEG 29KT 3725 9881
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
880
WWUS53 KDDC 090022
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
722 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
KSC007-090045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150409T0045Z/
BARBER KS-
722 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MEDICINE LODGE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9872 3730 9881 3742 9862 3738 9847
3720 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 240DEG 29KT 3731 9865
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 25 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.