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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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 26, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2656 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 474 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
2656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
628 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
10.9
Supercell composite
42.3

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The text

As transmitted.

217 
WFUS53 KDDC 270008
TORDDC
KSC083-145-270045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0064.160527T0008Z-160527T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
708 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR BURDETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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
  NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9955 3809 9957 3815 9965 3835 9952
      3835 9949 3825 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 205DEG 36KT 3819 9954 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TURNER
3 follow-up statements
426 
WWUS53 KDDC 270014
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC083-145-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160527T0045Z/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
714 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR BURDETT...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAY...BURDETT AND ROZEL. 

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 3813 9952 3812 9958 3815 9965 3835 9952
      3835 9949 3825 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 210DEG 25KT 3821 9952 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

TURNER
780 
WWUS53 KDDC 270021
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
721 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC083-145-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160527T0045Z/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
721 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURDETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURDETT.

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 3818 9946 3817 9954 3820 9961 3835 9952
      3835 9949 3828 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 205DEG 36KT 3828 9948 

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

$$

TURNER
143 
WWUS53 KDDC 270029 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC083-145-270039-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160527T0045Z/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
729 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
ROTATION IS WEAKENING AND THE STORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. 

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

LAT...LON 3818 9946 3817 9954 3820 9961 3835 9952
      3835 9949 3828 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 205DEG 36KT 3835 9944 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade49 min
May 26, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa31 min
May 26, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford48 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott30 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa47 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford16 min
May 26, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford50 min
May 26, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa39 min
May 26, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche52 min
May 26, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa19 min
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford31 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa35 min
May 26, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber41 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford18 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark50 min
May 26, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt42 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford36 min
May 26, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford16 min
May 26, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber45 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott23 min
May 27, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott64 min
May 27, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott54 min
May 27, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott36 min
May 27, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott33 min
May 27, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane27 min
May 27, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane35 min
May 27, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego62 min
May 27, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman40 min
May 27, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego23 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness18 min
May 27, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee30 min
May 27, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush15 min
May 27, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness42 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.