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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 4:03 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 26, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 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.

716 
WUUS53 KDDC 262046
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-262130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0103.160526T2046Z-160526T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  NEKOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  LA CROSSE...BISON...RUSH CENTER...TIMKEN...NEKOMA...SHAFFER AND
  HARGRAVE.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3849 9903 3845 9903 3824 9937 3835 9954
      3866 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 222DEG 29KT 3835 9940 

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

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

878 
WWUS53 KDDC 262101
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-262110-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
PAWNEE KS-

401 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3849 9903 3845 9903 3837 9923 3839 9946
      3866 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 216DEG 6KT 3846 9928 

$$

KSC165-262130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
RUSH KS-
401 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...

AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR RUSH
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA CROSSE...BISON...RUSH CENTER...TIMKEN AND SHAFFER. 

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 CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3849 9903 3845 9903 3837 9923 3839 9946
      3866 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 216DEG 6KT 3846 9928 

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

$$

RBURG

832 
WWUS53 KDDC 262103
SVSDDC

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

KSC165-262113-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
RUSH KS-
403 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3849 9903 3845 9903 3837 9923 3839 9946
      3866 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 222DEG 29KT 3848 9926 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	12 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	55 min
May 26, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	46 min
May 26, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	43 min
May 26, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	24 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	49 min
May 26, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	47 min
May 26, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	48 min
May 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	34 min
May 26, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	31 min
May 26, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	30 min
May 26, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	34 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	46 min
May 26, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	25 min
May 26, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	39 min
May 26, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa	47 min
May 26, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	10 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	36 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	34 min
May 26, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	55 min
May 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	45 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	22 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	41 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	50 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	56 min
May 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 min
May 26, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	47 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	39 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	64 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	49 min
May 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	24 min
May 26, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	67 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	46 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	48 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	16 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark	37 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	50 min
May 26, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	12 min
May 26, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	43 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.