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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 2015Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 2:28 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 16, 2015, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 2:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 Se Hudson, KS
Apr 16, 2:47 PM CDTHAIL 18 Nne Stafford, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2015-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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 2015-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

335 
WUUS53 KDDC 161928
SVRDDC
KSC185-162000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.150416T1928Z-150416T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
228 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  STAFFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  STAFFORD AND HUDSON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9858 3798 9873 3799 9873 3820 9863
      3822 9848 3797 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 220DEG 23KT 3799 9859 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
687 
WWUS53 KDDC 161944
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
244 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

KSC185-162000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150416T2000Z/
STAFFORD KS-
244 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 244 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF STAFFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
STAFFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3794 9858 3802 9867 3816 9862 3819 9848
      3797 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 223DEG 23KT 3806 9854 

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

$$

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621 
WWUS53 KDDC 161956
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
256 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

KSC185-162005-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150416T2000Z/
STAFFORD KS-
256 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3794 9858 3802 9867 3816 9862 3819 9848
      3797 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 220DEG 23KT 3806 9854 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark45 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark52 min
Apr 16, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa42 min
Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney49 min
Apr 16, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt60 min
Apr 16, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford56 min
Apr 16, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford44 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.