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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 27, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ssw Healy, KS | DELAYED REPORT. |
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 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KDDC 272157
TORDDC
KSC101-171-272230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0068.160527T2157Z-160527T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
457 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AMY...MOVING WEST 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...
MANNING AND GRIGSTON AROUND 510 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 3858 10052 3846 10056 3846 10073 3858 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 094DEG 19KT 3852 10063
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TURNER3 follow-up statements
287
WWUS53 KDDC 272204
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
504 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC101-171-272230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160527T2230Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
504 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SCOTT AND WEST CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES...
AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANNING...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANNING AND GRIGSTON AROUND 510 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 10055 3846 10058 3846 10073 3858 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 093DEG 17KT 3852 10068
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TURNER030
WWUS53 KDDC 272215
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC101-171-272230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160527T2230Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
515 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WEST CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF AMY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 SCOTT AND WEST CENTRAL LANE 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 3849 10057 3849 10072 3858 10072 3858 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 226DEG 7KT 3854 10060
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TURNER395
WWUS53 KDDC 272224
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
524 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
KSC101-171-272233-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160527T2230Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
524 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WEST CENTRAL LANE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
SOME WITH ROTATION NOT AS EVIDENT ON THE RADAR. NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REMAINS LIKELY. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM.
LAT...LON 3849 10057 3849 10072 3858 10072 3858 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 094DEG 19KT 3854 10060
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 21 min |
| May 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 16 min |
| May 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 19 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 31 min |
| May 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 35 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 41 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 18 min |
| May 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| May 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 42 min |
| May 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 36 min |
| May 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 16 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 54 min |
| May 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 36 min |
| May 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 18 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 15 min |
| May 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 42 min |
| May 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 47 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.