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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 6:12 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2016, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 11 E Jetmore, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.

690 
WUUS53 KDDC 262312
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-270000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0112.160526T2312Z-160527T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
  JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JETMORE.

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 3825 9970 3791 9985 3791 9992 3796 10018
      3842 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 207DEG 22KT 3807 9998 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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5 follow-up statements
262 
WWUS53 KDDC 262317
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160527T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
617 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JETMORE.

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 3825 9970 3791 9985 3791 9992 3796 10018
      3842 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 207DEG 22KT 3810 9996 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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178 
WWUS53 KDDC 262321
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160527T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
621 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED WEST  OF
JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
JETMORE.

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 3825 9970 3791 9985 3791 9992 3796 10018
      3842 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 207DEG 22KT 3812 9995 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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270 
WWUS53 KDDC 262324
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160527T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
624 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
JETMORE.

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 3825 9970 3791 9985 3791 9992 3801 10014
      3839 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 207DEG 22KT 3814 9994 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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035 
WWUS53 KDDC 262351
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160527T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
651 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 651 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NESS AND NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

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 3808 9977 3819 9989 3828 10005 3839 10002
      3825 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 207DEG 22KT 3829 9984 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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673 
WWUS53 KDDC 270000
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-270009-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160527T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
700 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND NORTH
CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 7 PM. 

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

LAT...LON 3808 9977 3819 9989 3828 10005 3839 10002
      3825 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 207DEG 22KT 3829 9984 

$$

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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, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee10 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, 6:31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.