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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2016Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2016, 9:29 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 9:37 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 E Richfield, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

330 
WFUS53 KDDC 160229
TORDDC
KSC129-189-160300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.160416T0229Z-160416T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
    
* AT 929 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF RICHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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
  EASTERN MORTON AND WESTERN STEVENS 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.

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 3707 10178 3718 10189 3738 10160 3721 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 229DEG 25KT 3717 10176 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
200 
WWUS53 KDDC 160256
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-189-160306-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160416T0300Z/
MORTON KS-STEVENS KS-
956 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORTON AND WESTERN STEVENS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3707 10178 3718 10189 3738 10160 3721 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 229DEG 25KT 3717 10176 

$$

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, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens51 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.