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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2016, 3:18 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 15, 2016, 3:18 PM MDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 15, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KDDC 152118
TORDDC
KSC075-152145-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
318 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
* AT 317 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOLIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO GOLF 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
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON 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 3798 10190 3803 10204 3819 10202 3812 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 205DEG 9KT 3806 10197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 152123
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
323 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC075-152145-
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HAMILTON KS-
323 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
AT 322 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
RADAR INDICATES VERY STRONG ROTATION VERY NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 50 JUST
EAST OF COOLIDGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3798 10190 3803 10204 3819 10202 3812 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 232DEG 8KT 3805 10195
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
TURNER383
WWUS53 KDDC 152133
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
333 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC075-152145-
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HAMILTON KS-
333 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
AT 332 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
TWO POSSIBLE TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS...A VERY STRONG ONE ALONG HIGHWAY
50 5 MILES EAST OF COOLIDGE...AND A WEAKER ONE 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COOLIDGE...MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
COOLIDGE.
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 3798 10190 3803 10204 3819 10202 3812 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 205DEG 9KT 3807 10194
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 3:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 4:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward | 54 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.