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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 2:06 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2016, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
037
WFUS53 KDDC 080706
TORDDC
KSC033-097-080730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0076.160708T0706Z-160708T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
206 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 205 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO 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...
WILMORE AROUND 225 AM 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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3723 9930 3726 9943 3741 9936 3732 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 226DEG 17KT 3731 9933
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS53 KDDC 080714
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC033-097-080730-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160708T0730Z/
COMANCHE KS-KIOWA KS-
214 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 213 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WILMORE AROUND 230 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3723 9930 3726 9943 3741 9936 3732 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 233DEG 13KT 3732 9931
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
TURNER929
WWUS53 KDDC 080723
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
223 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC033-097-080732-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160708T0730Z/
COMANCHE KS-KIOWA KS-
223 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN KIOWA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING.
THE ROTATION AND RADAR SIGNATURE IS WEAKENING. THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3723 9930 3726 9943 3741 9936 3732 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 226DEG 17KT 3732 9931
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 63 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.