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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Finney County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 2:42 PM CDT for Finney County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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: May 27, 2015, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
May 27, 2:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N Friend, 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
May 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

593 
WUUS53 KDDC 271942
SVRDDC
KSC055-171-272030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0092.150527T1942Z-150527T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF FRIEND...MOVING NORTH 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...
  SCOTT CITY...MODOC...FRIEND...SHALLOW WATER...GRIGSTON AND MANNING.

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 3860 10082 3854 10069 3825 10070 3813 10087
      3817 10110 3826 10110 3827 10111 3840 10113
      3862 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 193DEG 26KT 3823 10097 

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

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

210 
WWUS53 KDDC 272003
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-171-272030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-150527T2030Z/
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-
303 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 302 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
SHALLOW WATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
SCOTT CITY...MODOC...FRIEND...SHALLOW WATER...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. 

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 3860 10082 3854 10069 3825 10070 3823 10087
      3823 10099 3826 10110 3827 10111 3840 10113
      3862 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 223DEG 13KT 3832 10091 

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

$$

SUGDEN

477 
WWUS53 KDDC 272026
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-171-272036-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-150527T2030Z/
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-
326 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SCOTT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3860 10082 3854 10069 3825 10070 3823 10087
      3823 10099 3826 10110 3827 10111 3840 10113
      3862 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 193DEG 26KT 3832 10091 

$$

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, 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, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.