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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2015, 7:20 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 11, 2015, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Ssw Big Bow, KS | DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Apr 11, 7:48 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 11 Ssw Big Bow, KS | |
| Apr 11, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 Nne Richfield, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KDDC 120020
TORDDC
KSC129-187-120100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.150412T0020Z-150412T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
720 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT
20 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RICHFIELD AROUND 730 PM CDT.
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 3746 10191 3756 10155 3724 10158 3729 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 264DEG 17KT 3738 10186
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
354
WWUS53 KDDC 120037
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015
KSC129-187-120100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150412T0100Z/
STANTON KS-MORTON KS-
737 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES...
AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3746 10185 3753 10157 3724 10158 3730 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 270DEG 17KT 3734 10173
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
FINCH452
WWUS53 KDDC 120045
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
745 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015
KSC129-187-120100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150412T0100Z/
STANTON KS-MORTON KS-
745 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES...
AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3746 10181 3753 10157 3724 10158 3731 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 270DEG 17KT 3734 10168
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Scott | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 64 min |
| Apr 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.