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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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: May 8, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 10:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Schoenchen, 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
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

257 
WFUS53 KDDC 090244
TORDDC
KSC051-135-165-090330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0010.160509T0244Z-160509T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
944 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
    
* AT 943 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCRACKEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  ANTONINO AROUND 1030 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3872 9923 3855 9960 3860 9966 3870 9960
      3871 9959 3884 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 214DEG 21KT 3860 9961 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

252 
WWUS53 KDDC 090301
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1001 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC135-090311-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160509T0330Z/
NESS KS-

1001 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY 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 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3861 9947 3863 9953 3880 9943 3872 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 230DEG 23KT 3866 9944 

$$

KSC051-165-090330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160509T0330Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
1001 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTIES...
    
AT 1001 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LIEBENTHAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCHOENCHEN AROUND 1015 PM CDT. 
  ANTONINO AROUND 1020 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9947 3863 9953 3880 9943 3872 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 230DEG 23KT 3866 9944 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

948 
WWUS53 KDDC 090310
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1010 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC051-165-090319-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160509T0330Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
1010 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM.

LAT...LON 3861 9947 3863 9953 3880 9943 3872 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 214DEG 21KT 3870 9940 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	19 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	51 min
May 8, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	53 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	7 hr
May 8, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	17 min
May 8, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
May 8, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	39 min
May 8, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	64 min
May 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	57 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	46 min
May 8, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	52 min
May 8, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	23 min
May 8, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	39 min
May 9, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	24 min
May 9, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	47 min
May 9, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	43 min
May 9, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	57 min
May 9, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	54 min
May 9, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	56 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	45 min
May 9, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	55 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	38 min
May 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	49 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	49 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.