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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
528 WWUS53 KDDC 080006 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 706 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 KSC055-080030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0030Z/ FINNEY KS- 706 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRIEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3805 10089 3804 10109 3825 10108 3825 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 179DEG 33KT 3810 10099 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ 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
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 49 min |
| May 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 40 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.