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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 2:26 AM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
469
WFUS53 KDDC 080726
TORDDC
KSC007-033-080800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0077.160708T0726Z-160708T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
226 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 225 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND 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...
AETNA AROUND 240 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 3701 9908 3716 9920 3734 9895 3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 237DEG 11KT 3713 9908
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
TURNER3 follow-up statements
080
WWUS53 KDDC 080732
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
232 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC007-033-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160708T0800Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
232 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...
AT 231 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
AETNA AROUND 240 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 9907 3718 9916 3734 9895 3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 244DEG 13KT 3714 9904
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TURNER989
WWUS53 KDDC 080743
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
243 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC007-033-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160708T0800Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
243 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...
AT 243 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER 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 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 3704 9907 3719 9912 3734 9895 3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 237DEG 11KT 3716 9900
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TURNER533
WWUS53 KDDC 080750
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
250 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC007-033-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160708T0800Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
250 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...
AT 249 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF AETNA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AETNA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9902 3718 9905 3734 9895 3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 237DEG 11KT 3717 9898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
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, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 24 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.