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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2016Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT for Finney 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 7, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 7, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2016-05-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WUUS53 KDDC 072357
SVRDDC
KSC055-080030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0010.160507T2357Z-160508T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
657 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB AND FRIEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 10087 3792 10110 3825 10108 3825 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 179DEG 33KT 3801 10099 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
2 follow-up statements
528 
WWUS53 KDDC 080006
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

KSC055-080030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-
706 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRIEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3805 10089 3804 10109 3825 10108 3825 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 179DEG 33KT 3810 10099 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
885 
WWUS53 KDDC 080023
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
723 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

KSC055-080033-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-
723 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3805 10089 3804 10109 3825 10108 3825 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 179DEG 33KT 3810 10099 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny49 min
May 7, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.