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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 24, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 3.0 in

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 24, 4:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Scott City, KS	TORNADO LOCATION BASED ON RADAR. NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A THIN ROPE TORNADO.

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 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 2293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

042 
WFUS53 KDDC 242123
TORDDC
KSC171-242200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0020.160524T2123Z-160524T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
423 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
    
* AT 422 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO THREE 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

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 3847 10094 3850 10097 3864 10084 3856 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 216DEG 15KT 3850 10091 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

830 
WWUS53 KDDC 242136
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
436 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

KSC171-242200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160524T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
436 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
    
AT 436 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND THREE 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

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 3850 10087 3855 10092 3864 10084 3856 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 216DEG 15KT 3855 10086 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

090 
WWUS53 KDDC 242146
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
446 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

KSC171-242200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160524T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
446 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
    
AT 446 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF MANNING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

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 3852 10083 3857 10088 3864 10084 3856 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 238DEG 16KT 3857 10081 

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

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	47 min
May 23, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	50 min
May 23, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	49 min
May 23, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	53 min
May 24, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	44 min
May 24, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Trego	42 min
May 24, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	25 min
May 24, 12:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	12 hr
May 24, 2:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	18 hr
May 24, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	54 min
May 24, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Scott	26 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	51 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	48 min
May 24, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	44 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	39 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	24 min
May 24, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Ness, Trego	65 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	17 min
May 24, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	39 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	51 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford	34 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	44 min
May 24, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	39 min
May 24, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Meade, Seward	23 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Ness	40 min
May 24, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DDC	Ford	36 min
May 24, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	48 min
May 24, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	44 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	43 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Ford	36 min
May 24, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	50 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	DDC	Ford	19 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	49 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	41 min
May 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	35 min
May 24, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DDC	Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego	48 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.