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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2016Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2016, 4:04 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2016, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 15, 4:07 PM MDT	TORNADO	4 W Syracuse, KS	CHASER REPORTED CONE TORNADO THAT LASTED 20 MINS.
Jul 15, 4:07 PM MDT	TORNADO	5 E Coolidge, KS
Jul 15, 4:07 PM MDT	TORNADO	5 Wnw Syracuse, KS	THE TORNADO WAS REPORT NEAR COUNTY ROAD L AND HIGHWAY 50.
Jul 15, 4:34 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	7 E Coolidge, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted.

887 
WFUS53 KDDC 152204
TORDDC
KSC075-152230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0081.160715T2204Z-160715T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 404 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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...
  SYRACUSE AROUND 430 PM MDT. 

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 3793 10197 3811 10197 3807 10168 3787 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 282DEG 11KT 3801 10191 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

TURNER

4 follow-up statements

655 
WWUS53 KDDC 152206
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
406 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC075-152230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160715T2230Z/
HAMILTON KS-
406 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...
    
AT 405 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
SYRACUSE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SYRACUSE AROUND 430 PM MDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3793 10197 3811 10197 3807 10168 3787 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 282DEG 11KT 3801 10191 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

TURNER

899 
WWUS53 KDDC 152208
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
408 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC075-152230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160715T2230Z/
HAMILTON KS-
408 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...
        
AT 407 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
SYRACUSE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SYRACUSE AROUND 430 PM MDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3793 10197 3811 10197 3807 10168 3787 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 282DEG 11KT 3801 10190 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

TURNER

752 
WWUS53 KDDC 152216
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
416 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC075-152230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160715T2230Z/
HAMILTON KS-
416 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...
        
AT 415 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
SYRACUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS IN SYRACUSE SHOULD
TAKE SHELTER NOW. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SYRACUSE AROUND 430 PM MDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3793 10197 3811 10197 3807 10168 3787 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 282DEG 14KT 3800 10185 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

TURNER

058 
WWUS53 KDDC 152225
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
425 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC075-152230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160715T2230Z/
HAMILTON KS-
425 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...
        
AT 424 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SYRACUSE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A DAMAGING TORNADO. RESIDENTS OF SYRACUSE REMAIN IN
SHELTER. 

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3791 10189 3809 10190 3807 10168 3787 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 281DEG 15KT 3799 10179 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

TURNER

The 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, 3:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	27 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, 4:10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.