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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Apr 15, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Buttermilk, KS | |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Nw Buttermilk, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
814
WFUS53 KDDC 160101
TORDDC
KSC033-160130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.170416T0101Z-170416T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
801 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
* Until 830 PM CDT
* At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles west of Buttermilk, or 6 miles southeast of
Protection, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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...
Buttermilk around 815 PM 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 3706 9950 3720 9952 3726 9907 3703 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 268DEG 17KT 3711 9942
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Kiowa, Pratt | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Kiowa | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 62 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.