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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2016Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 15, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2016, 8:55 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 15, 8:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 Sse Wilburton, 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 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

102 
WFUS53 KDDC 160131
TORDDC
KSC129-189-160215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.160416T0131Z-160416T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
831 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 830 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILBURTON AROUND 845 PM CDT. 
  ROLLA AROUND 855 PM CDT. 
  FETERITA AROUND 910 PM CDT. 
  HUGOTON AROUND 915 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3699 10186 3737 10154 3710 10121 3699 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 218DEG 29KT 3694 10176 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

846 
WWUS53 KDDC 160155
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
855 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

KSC129-189-160204-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T0215Z/
MORTON KS-STEVENS KS-
855 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER 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 3699 10186 3737 10154 3710 10121 3699 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 218DEG 29KT 3710 10161 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	46 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton	25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	50 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	43 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	8 hr
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Haskell	6 hr
Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	57 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.