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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Ellis County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT for Ellis County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Ellis County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 304 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: 1524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

916 
WFUS53 KDDC 250143
TORDDC
KSC051-145-165-250215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0054.160525T0143Z-160525T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 843 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR BISON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  LA CROSSE AROUND 855 PM CDT. 
  LORETTA 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3830 9903 3830 9915
      3863 9938 3874 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 170DEG 4KT 3853 9917 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

802 
WWUS53 KDDC 250207
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-145-165-250217-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160525T0215Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-ELLIS KS-
907 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN RUSH...NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3830 9903 3830 9915
      3863 9938 3874 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 170DEG 4KT 3853 9917 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	41 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	23 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	53 min
May 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	47 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	46 min
May 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	26 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	44 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	56 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	11 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	2 min
May 24, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	9 min
May 24, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	12 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	48 min
May 24, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	29 min
May 24, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	9 min
May 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	49 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards	33 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Kiowa, Pratt	31 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	22 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
May 24, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	32 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	46 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Ness	8 min
May 24, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	34 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	24 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	57 min
May 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	35 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	29 min
May 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	42 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	61 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	3 hr
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	3 hr
May 24, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	40 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	12 min
May 24, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	43 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	37 min
May 24, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 min
May 24, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	24 min
May 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	30 min
May 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	43 min
May 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	51 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	15 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	41 min
May 25, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	36 min
May 25, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	12 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.