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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2016-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

676 
WUUS53 KDDC 080019
SVRDDC
KSC171-080115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0011.160508T0019Z-160508T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF FRIEND...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT CITY...SHALLOW WATER...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10073 3827 10097 3870 10087 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 196DEG 40KT 3830 10087 

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

$$

RBURG
2 follow-up statements
080 
WWUS53 KDDC 080026
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-080115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160508T0115Z/
SCOTT KS-
726 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
SHALLOW WATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...SHALLOW WATER...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10073 3827 10097 3870 10087 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 204DEG 35KT 3834 10082 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
288 
WWUS53 KDDC 080051
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-080101-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160508T0115Z/
SCOTT KS-
751 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3827 10073 3827 10097 3870 10087 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 196DEG 40KT 3861 10072 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane50 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott14 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane52 min
May 7, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott35 min
May 7, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Haskell51 min
May 7, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman42 min
May 7, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman40 min
May 7, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego51 min
May 7, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness, Rush52 min
May 7, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego26 min
May 7, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego37 min
May 7, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis35 min
May 8, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt50 min
May 8, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt28 min
May 8, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt50 min
May 8, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton43 min
May 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott43 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny48 min
May 8, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny40 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane46 min
May 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness41 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa64 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess52 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt60 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego29 min
May 8, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa40 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess23 min
May 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego26 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford32 min
May 8, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush36 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego24 min
May 8, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego20 min
May 8, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush23 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis48 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford27 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis37 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.