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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 16, 2015Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

GERARD
1 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 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 6:05 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCGray, Meade, Seward40 min
Nov 16, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton60 min
Nov 16, 6:17 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCNess, Trego43 min
Nov 16, 6:42 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCFord, Gray33 min
Nov 16, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego48 min
Nov 16, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott64 min
Nov 16, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCScott27 min
Nov 16, 7:15 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman45 min
Nov 16, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego26 min
Nov 16, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and 2 more57 min
Nov 16, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego36 min
Nov 16, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade34 min
Nov 16, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Hodgeman34 min
Nov 16, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush42 min
Nov 16, 9:55 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche50 min
Nov 16, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche65 min
Nov 16, 10:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush68 min
Nov 16, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush28 min
Nov 16, 10:33 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt42 min
Nov 16, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa56 min
Nov 16, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt41 min
Nov 16, 11:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt42 min
Nov 17, 3:42 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Scott and 2 more20 hr
Nov 17, 11:21 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott5 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.