Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 5:34 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Nov 16, 2015, 5:34 PM CST (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
994
WFUS53 KDDC 162334
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-170015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0055.151116T2334Z-151117T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
534 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 534 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...BAZINE...UTICA...ALAMOTA...BEELER AND ARNOLD.
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 3860 9983 3838 9962 3807 10039 3819 10051
3866 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 225DEG 48KT 3818 10038
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
609
WWUS53 KDDC 162348
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
548 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC055-083-101-135-170015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-151117T0015Z/
FINNEY KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
548 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...NESS AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
AT 547 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
RURAL LOCATIONS OF EASTERN FINNEY AND SOUTHERN LANE COUNTIES
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...UTICA...ALAMOTA...BEELER AND ARNOLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9983 3843 9973 3817 10032 3825 10044
3866 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 224DEG 33KT 3823 10030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
FINCH093
WWUS53 KDDC 170006
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
606 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC055-083-170015-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-151117T0015Z/
FINNEY KS-HODGEMAN KS-
606 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN 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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3860 9983 3846 9981 3830 10022 3837 10028
3866 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 219DEG 34KT 3837 10016
$$
KSC101-135-170015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-151117T0015Z/
LANE KS-NESS KS-
606 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES...
AT 605 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTH OF BEELER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...UTICA...BEELER AND ARNOLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 9983 3846 9981 3830 10022 3837 10028
3866 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 219DEG 34KT 3837 10016
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
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, 4:24 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, 5:52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.