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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 7, 2016Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2016, 7:28 PM CST for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
Mar 7, 2016, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Mar 7, 7:28 PM CSTHAIL 0.883 Ene Cullison, KS
Mar 7, 7:35 PM CSTHAIL 13 Ene Cullison, KS
Mar 7, 7:35 PM CSTHAIL 17 W Pratt, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

074 
WUUS53 KDDC 080128
SVRDDC
KSC151-080215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0001.160308T0128Z-160308T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 727 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF CULLISON...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...
  PRATT...IUKA...PRESTON AND CULLISON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 9878 3757 9894 3782 9883 3782 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 214DEG 21KT 3759 9884 

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

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
952 
WWUS53 KDDC 080148
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
748 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016

KSC151-080215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T0215Z/
PRATT KS-
748 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY...

AT 746 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR AND STORM SPOTTER INDICATED. AT 735 PM, QUARTER SIZE
         HAIL WAS REPORTED 7 MILES WEST OF PRATT.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...IUKA AND PRESTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3764 9872 3769 9880 3782 9878 3782 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 215DEG 21KT 3768 9873 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche45 min
Mar 7, 6:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt46 min
Mar 7, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford38 min
Mar 8, 8:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt39 min
Mar 8, 9:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber51 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.