Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 51, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 4:24 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 51 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, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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, 4:56 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Nne Garden City, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
221
WFUS53 KDDC 162224
TORDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-162315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0051.151116T2224Z-151116T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
424 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 423 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HICKOK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
GARDEN CITY AND HOLCOMB AROUND 455 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3768 10122 3808 10105 3805 10084 3799 10068
3783 10067 3759 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 205DEG 42KT 3767 10112
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
845
WWUS53 KDDC 162238
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
438 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC067-081-093-162247-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151116T2315Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-HASKELL KS-
438 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHEASTERN GRANT
AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3777 10106 3804 10097 3805 10084 3799 10068
3783 10067 3774 10096 3774 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 222DEG 42KT 3778 10097
$$
KSC055-162315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151116T2315Z/
FINNEY KS-
438 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
AT 437 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
GARDEN CITY AROUND 455 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 3777 10106 3804 10097 3805 10084 3799 10068
3783 10067 3774 10096 3774 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 222DEG 42KT 3778 10097
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
FINCH270
WWUS53 KDDC 162248
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC055-162315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151116T2315Z/
FINNEY KS-
448 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
AT 448 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF PLYMELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GARDEN CITY AROUND 455 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3787 10095 3802 10092 3799 10068 3783 10067
3778 10091 3783 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 219DEG 38KT 3786 10086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
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, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 34 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, 4:29 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.