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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2016Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 9:17 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Wilburton, KSROPE TORNADO REPORTED
Apr 15, 9:19 PM CDTHAIL 27 Ssw Richfield, KSDELAYED REPORT FROM YESTERDAY'S STORMS.
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDTHAIL 12 Ne 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

430 
WFUS53 KDDC 160150
TORDDC
KSC129-160215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.160416T0150Z-160416T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 850 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELKHART AROUND 855 PM CDT. 
  WILBURTON AROUND 915 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3723 10184 3711 10169 3699 10189 3699 10204
      3704 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 224DEG 26KT 3701 10200 

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

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
760 
WWUS53 KDDC 160216
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-160226-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T0215Z/
MORTON KS-
916 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3723 10184 3711 10169 3699 10189 3699 10204
      3704 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 224DEG 26KT 3701 10200 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens41 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMorton, Stevens24 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton46 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stevens31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens50 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton43 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMorton12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray39 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton8 hr
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell6 hr
Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant57 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.