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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 7:54 PM CST for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 8:13 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.
319
WFUS53 KDDC 170154
TORDDC
KSC083-135-170230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0064.151117T0154Z-151117T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 754 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.
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 3803 9993 3806 10010 3842 10000 3835 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 196DEG 24KT 3812 9996
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
449
WWUS53 KDDC 170213
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
813 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC083-135-170223-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-151117T0230Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
813 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3803 9993 3806 10010 3842 10000 3835 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 196DEG 24KT 3825 9991
$$
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, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 45 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.