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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 6:38 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- May 26, 2016, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 26, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 W Ashland, KS | |
| May 26, 6:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 N Acres, KS | PICTURE SENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 26, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | 9 Se Clark State Lake, KS | PICTURE SENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR |
| May 26, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 9 Se Clark State Lake, KS | PICTURE SENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
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 26, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
100
WFUS53 KDDC 262338
TORDDC
KSC025-270015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0063.160526T2338Z-160527T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
638 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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
NORTHEASTERN CLARK 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 3714 9988 3723 9993 3746 9965 3721 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 227DEG 24KT 3720 9984
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
909
WWUS53 KDDC 262350
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
650 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC025-270015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160527T0015Z/
CLARK KS-
650 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL LOCATIONS NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 9985 3727 9986 3746 9965 3721 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 238DEG 20KT 3722 9978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
RBURG466
WWUS53 KDDC 270002
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC025-270015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160527T0015Z/
CLARK KS-
702 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...
AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GRAPEFRUIT 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
NORTHEASTERN CLARK 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 3719 9974 3730 9980 3746 9965 3721 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 227DEG 24KT 3728 9970
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...4.00IN
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 12 min |
| May 26, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 55 min |
| May 26, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 46 min |
| May 26, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 43 min |
| May 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 48 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 10 min |
| May 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 55 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 17 min |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 22 min |
| May 26, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 41 min |
| May 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 39 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 16 min |
| May 26, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 12 min |
| May 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 43 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.