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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 7:32 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Scott County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

343 
WFUS53 KDDC 270032
TORDDC
KSC171-270115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0066.160527T0032Z-160527T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 732 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MARIENTHAL...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTT STATE LAKE AROUND 815 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 10083 3857 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 242DEG 17KT 3860 10122 

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

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
490 
WWUS53 KDDC 270043
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-270115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160527T0115Z/
SCOTT KS-
743 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
    
AT 743 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF MODOC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTT STATE LAKE AROUND 815 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 10083 3861 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 240DEG 20KT 3864 10113 

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

$$

FINCH
201 
WWUS53 KDDC 270102
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-270111-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160527T0115Z/
SCOTT KS-
802 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3870 10083 3861 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 242DEG 17KT 3868 10103 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee21 min
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, 7:43 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.