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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 22, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Nnw Holcomb, KS | LARGE VARIABILITY IN SIZE |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 15.7
The text
As transmitted.
175
WFUS53 KDDC 230016
TORDDC
KSC055-093-230045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.160523T0016Z-160523T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
716 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 745 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTH 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
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 3805 10107 3806 10120 3826 10121 3826 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 193DEG 18KT 3807 10114
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
344
WWUS53 KDDC 230032
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-230045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160523T0045Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYDIA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 10107 3806 10120 3826 10121 3826 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 189DEG 20KT 3816 10117
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 45 min |
| May 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 29 min |
| May 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 22 min |
| May 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 32 min |
| May 22, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 30 min |
| May 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 9 hr |
| May 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 31 min |
| May 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 23 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 38 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.