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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 6:11 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 6:25 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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.

299 
WUUS53 KDDC 272311
SVRDDC
KSC129-187-280015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0106.150527T2311Z-150528T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...BIG BOW AND THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR. 

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 3754 10204 3768 10160 3754 10153 3734 10158
      3731 10203 3732 10203 3737 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 256DEG 25KT 3743 10200 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
537 
WWUS53 KDDC 272325
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-187-272335-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-150528T0015Z/
STANTON KS-MORTON KS-
625 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STANTON AND NORTHERN MORTON
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.

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

LAT...LON 3754 10204 3768 10160 3754 10153 3734 10158
      3731 10203 3732 10203 3737 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 256DEG 25KT 3752 10069 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
May 27, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane27 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Hodgeman34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott54 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade33 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade53 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott48 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade3 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell3 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.