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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Nne Hayne, 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 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

908 
WFUS53 KDDC 242252
TORDDC
KSC119-175-242315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0028.160524T2252Z-160524T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 551 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYNE...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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAYNE AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

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 3711 10097 3730 10076 3708 10056 3700 10082
      3700 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 233DEG 6KT 3708 10085 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

952 
WWUS53 KDDC 242302
SVSDDC

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

KSC119-175-242315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160524T2315Z/
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES...
    
AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR HAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAYNE AROUND 615 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 3712 10094 3730 10076 3708 10056 3703 10082
      3706 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 233DEG 6KT 3709 10083 

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

$$

TURNER

950 
WWUS53 KDDC 242307
SVSDDC

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

KSC119-175-242315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160524T2315Z/
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
607 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES...
    
AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR HAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
  HAYNE AROUND 615 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 3712 10094 3730 10076 3708 10056 3703 10082
      3706 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 233DEG 6KT 3710 10082 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

TURNER

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, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Scott	37 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, 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.