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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 8:09 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 12 W Friend, KS | BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED BY KWCH CHASER |
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 |
| May 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
053
WFUS53 KDDC 230109
TORDDC
KSC055-093-171-230145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.160523T0109Z-160523T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 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...
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
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...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES.
* THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY, NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
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 3826 10124 3827 10112 3847 10113 3838 10088
3819 10108 3823 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 208DEG 16KT 3823 10118
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
830
WWUS53 KDDC 230117
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
817 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-171-230145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160523T0145Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-SCOTT KS-
817 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES...
AT 816 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
7 MILES EAST OF LYDIA OR MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHALLOW WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10124 3827 10112 3847 10113 3838 10088
3819 10108 3823 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 208DEG 16KT 3826 10116
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GERARD705
WWUS53 KDDC 230131
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
831 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-171-230145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160523T0145Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-SCOTT KS-
831 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES...
AT 831 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8
MILES EAST OF LYDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
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...
SHALLOW WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3826 10124 3827 10112 3847 10113 3838 10088
3819 10108 3823 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 241DEG 9KT 3828 10114
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 29 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, 8:18 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.