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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- May 22, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Wnw Deerfield, 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 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
806
WFUS53 KDDC 222315
TORDDC
KSC055-093-230000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.160522T2315Z-160523T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
615 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 614 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SITED ON THIS STORM.
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEERFIELD AROUND 620 PM CDT.
HOLCOMB AROUND 630 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 3789 10107 3792 10124 3821 10124 3817 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 191DEG 21KT 3795 10113
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
874
WWUS53 KDDC 222333
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-230000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160523T0000Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3794 10106 3796 10123 3821 10124 3817 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 191DEG 21KT 3806 10110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GERARD636
WWUS53 KDDC 222341
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-222351-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160523T0000Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
641 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN
KEARNY 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. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.
LAT...LON 3794 10106 3796 10123 3821 10124 3817 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 191DEG 21KT 3811 10109
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 51 min |
| May 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 32 min |
| May 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 16 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.