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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2016Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 2, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 310 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

386 
WFUS53 KDDC 030006
TORDDC
KSC145-165-030045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0075.160703T0006Z-160703T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSH CENTER...MOVING EAST
  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...
  TIMKEN AROUND 715 PM CDT. 
  SHAFFER AROUND 730 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 3827 9903 3840 9930 3853 9925 3860 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 289DEG 17KT 3843 9925 

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

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
827 
WWUS53 KDDC 030017
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
717 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

KSC145-165-030045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160703T0045Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
717 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIMKEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHAFFER AROUND 730 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 3827 9903 3840 9924 3853 9925 3860 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 289DEG 17KT 3841 9918 

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

$$

FINCH
164 
WWUS53 KDDC 030044
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

KSC145-165-030053-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160703T0045Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
744 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3827 9903 3840 9924 3853 9925 3860 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 289DEG 17KT 3841 9918 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell50 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade43 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney45 min
Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush3 hr
Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade119 min
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego3 hr
Jul 2, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCMeade43 hr
Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber48 min

Nearby

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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.