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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 7:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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, 7:39 PM CST | TORNADO | 11 Ese Kalvesta, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A FIRE UNIT REPORTED TWO BRIEF ROPE TORNADOES. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KDDC 170115
TORDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-170200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0062.151117T0115Z-151117T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 714 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
VERY NEAR HOWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KALVESTA AROUND 740 PM CST.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10013 3772 10035 3815 10031 3810 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 187DEG 31KT 3780 10020
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 170137
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC055-057-069-170146-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003
$$
KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
AT 736 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GERARD049
WWUS53 KDDC 170144
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
AT 744 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3812 10016 3810 9994 3794 10002 3795 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 196DEG 25KT 3803 9999
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 64 min |
| Nov 16, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and 2 more | 57 min |
| Nov 16, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 19 min |
| Nov 16, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Hodgeman | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 65 min |
| Nov 16, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 68 min |
| Nov 16, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 11:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Scott and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:21 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott | 5 hr |
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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.