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2015 [KDDC] DODGE_CITY Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 62

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385 
WFUS53 KDDC 170115
TORDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-170200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0062.151117T0115Z-151117T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST
    
* AT 714 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  VERY NEAR HOWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KALVESTA AROUND 740 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3772 10013 3772 10035 3815 10031 3810 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 187DEG 31KT 3780 10020 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

GERARD
229 
WWUS53 KDDC 170137
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC055-057-069-170146-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-

737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003 

$$

KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 736 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 HODGEMAN 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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GERARD
049 
WWUS53 KDDC 170144
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 744 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 HODGEMAN 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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3812 10016 3810 9994 3794 10002 3795 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 196DEG 25KT 3803 9999 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GERARD
Permalink to 201511170115-KDDC-WFUS53-TORDDC
385 
WFUS53 KDDC 170115
TORDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-170200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0062.151117T0115Z-151117T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST
    
* AT 714 PM CST...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  VERY NEAR HOWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KALVESTA AROUND 740 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3772 10013 3772 10035 3815 10031 3810 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 187DEG 31KT 3780 10020 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

GERARD
Permalink to 201511170137-KDDC-WWUS53-SVSDDC
229 
WWUS53 KDDC 170137
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC055-057-069-170146-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-

737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003 

$$

KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
737 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 736 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 HODGEMAN 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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10018 3810 9994 3791 10004 3791 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 202DEG 33KT 3800 10003 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GERARD
Permalink to 201511170144-KDDC-WWUS53-SVSDDC
049 
WWUS53 KDDC 170144
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC083-170200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 744 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 HODGEMAN 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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3812 10016 3810 9994 3794 10002 3795 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 196DEG 25KT 3803 9999 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GERARD

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