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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 16, 2015Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 9:55 PM CST for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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, 9:55 PM CST (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2015, 10:45 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 10:20 PM CSTTORNADO7 Ese Buttermilk, KS2 HOMES DAMAGED
Nov 16, 10:25 PM CSTTORNADO8 E Buttermilk, KSTHREE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED, INCLUDING A FULL SIZE FARM SHED.
Nov 16, 10:37 PM CSTTORNADO7 Ese Buttermilk, KS2 HOMES DAMAGED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

626 
WFUS53 KDDC 170355
TORDDC
KSC007-033-170445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0065.151117T0355Z-151117T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
    
* AT 954 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELMAN...OR 10 MILES EAST
  OF BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3737 9940 3736 9906 3713 9885 3700 9903
      3700 9953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 214DEG 42KT 3686 9944 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
392 
WWUS53 KDDC 170416
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1016 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC007-033-170445-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-151117T0445Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
1016 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR COMANCHE
AND WEST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTIES...
    
AT 1015 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. 

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 3736 9940 3736 9906 3713 9885 3700 9903
      3700 9953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 217DEG 39KT 3704 9926 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

RBURG

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, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness19 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.