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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2016Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2016, 5:34 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

931 
WFUS53 KDDC 152234
TORDDC
KSC069-152315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0082.160715T2234Z-160715T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 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...
  CIMARRON...INGALLS AND CHARLESTON. 

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 3800 10066 3800 10045 3778 10033 3776 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 348DEG 21KT 3800 10054 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
953 
WWUS53 KDDC 152254 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC069-152315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160715T2315Z/
GRAY KS-
554 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY...
    
AT 554 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF INGALLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 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...
INGALLS.

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 3785 10056 3789 10044 3778 10036 3778 10041
      3777 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 347DEG 27KT 3782 10049 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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338 
WWUS53 KDDC 152307
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
607 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

KSC069-152316-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160715T2315Z/
GRAY KS-
607 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  HOWEVER
SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3785 10056 3789 10044 3778 10036 3778 10041
      3777 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 348DEG 21KT 3782 10049 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton59 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott56 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott32 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton27 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott48 min
Jul 15, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness57 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton43 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott44 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton34 min
Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton26 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell50 min
Jul 15, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray60 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman65 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton25 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward54 min
Jul 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman60 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade54 min
Jul 15, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton3 hr
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward44 min
Jul 15, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford53 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade, Seward54 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.