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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 5:23 PM CST for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
- Nov 16, 2015, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 5:37 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Liberal, KS | |
| Nov 16, 5:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 8 W Liberal, KS | |
| Nov 16, 5:47 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 N Hayne, KS | DEBRIS WERE REPORTED IN THE AIR. |
| Nov 16, 6:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 W Plains City, KS | CHASER ESTIMATED A QUARTER MILE WIDE TORNADO |
| Nov 16, 6:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Nne Kismet, KS | CHASER ESTIMATED A QUARTER MILE WIDE TORNADO |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
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WFUS53 KDDC 162323
TORDDC
KSC175-189-170000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0054.151116T2323Z-151117T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
523 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 523 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIBERAL AROUND 530 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 3738 10097 3729 10064 3700 10092 3700 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 208DEG 47KT 3699 10105
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
474
WWUS53 KDDC 162346
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC189-162355-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-151117T0000Z/
STEVENS KS-
546 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3738 10097 3729 10064 3705 10088 3722 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 214DEG 35KT 3716 10084
$$
KSC175-170000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-151117T0000Z/
SEWARD KS-
546 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
SEWARD COUNTY...
AT 545 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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
CENTRAL SEWARD 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 3738 10097 3729 10064 3705 10088 3722 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 214DEG 35KT 3716 10084
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GERARDThe 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, 4:24 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, 5:34 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.