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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
827
WWUS53 KDDC 030017
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
717 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016
KSC145-165-030045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160703T0045Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
717 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIMKEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHAFFER AROUND 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3827 9903 3840 9924 3853 9925 3860 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 289DEG 17KT 3841 9918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
FINCH164
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
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 119 min |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 43 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 48 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.