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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 2:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 10 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 26, 2016, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 26, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 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 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

462 
WUUS53 KDDC 261950
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-135-145-262045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.160526T1950Z-160526T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
250 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  BURDETT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAY...BURDETT...ROZEL AND SANFORD. 

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 3795 9942 3802 9966 3836 9959 3836 9958
      3835 9958 3835 9957 3823 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 198DEG 25KT 3807 9953 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

TURNER
1 follow-up statement
073 
WWUS53 KDDC 262000 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC047-083-135-145-262010-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160526T2045Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
300 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN PAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN
EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HALF INCH HAIL IS STILL LIKELY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3795 9942 3802 9966 3836 9959 3836 9958
      3835 9958 3835 9957 3823 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 198DEG 25KT 3814 9950 

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche12 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa55 min
May 26, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade46 min
May 26, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt43 min
May 26, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa24 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa49 min
May 26, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche47 min
May 26, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford48 min
May 26, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa34 min
May 26, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee31 min
May 26, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman30 min
May 26, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford34 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 26, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa25 min
May 26, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush39 min
May 26, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa47 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa36 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford34 min
May 26, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa55 min
May 26, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche45 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush17 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa22 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt41 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord50 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray56 min
May 26, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 min
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark47 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade39 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade64 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman49 min
May 26, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord24 min
May 26, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade67 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade46 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness48 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman16 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark37 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa50 min
May 26, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness12 min
May 26, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush43 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.