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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 6:10 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: May 27, 2015, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 6:43 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

765 
WUUS53 KDDC 272310
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-280000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0105.150527T2310Z-150528T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
610 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEADE...FOWLER...MISSLER AND MEADE STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3709 10044 3735 10063 3744 9995 3722 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 276DEG 7KT 3730 10019 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

532 
WWUS53 KDDC 272332
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC025-119-280000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-150528T0000Z/
CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
632 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND NORTHERN MEADE COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADE...FOWLER AND MISSLER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3725 10037 3735 10063 3744 9995 3722 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 276DEG 7KT 3730 10014 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SUGDEN

879 
WWUS53 KDDC 272343
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC025-119-272353-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-150528T0000Z/
CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
643 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND
NORTHERN MEADE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3725 10037 3735 10063 3744 9995 3722 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 276DEG 7KT 3730 10011 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more	41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	31 min
May 27, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	27 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell	56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell	50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman	34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	54 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	14 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	53 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	48 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman	29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	3 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell	13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Haskell	3 hr

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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.