Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
925
WFUS53 KDDC 080759
TORDDC
KSC007-080830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0078.160708T0759Z-160708T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
259 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 258 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF AETNA...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY.
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 3713 9900 3714 9900 3728 9890 3709 9866
3704 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 237DEG 16KT 3711 9890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
654
WWUS53 KDDC 080811
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
311 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC007-080830-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160708T0830Z/
BARBER KS-
311 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY...
AT 310 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF AETNA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9895 3728 9890 3709 9866 3704 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 226DEG 16KT 3715 9885
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
TURNER853
WWUS53 KDDC 080822
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
KSC007-080831-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160708T0830Z/
BARBER KS-
322 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 AM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING
WITH THE RADAR ROTATION SIGNATURE WEAKENING. THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3716 9895 3728 9890 3709 9866 3704 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 237DEG 16KT 3715 9885
$$
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, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 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.