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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2016Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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 29, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

672 
WUUS53 KDDC 292347
SVRDDC
KSC051-300030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0142.160529T2347Z-160530T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
647 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  EMMERAM...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 9904 3887 9928 3913 9928 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 187DEG 13KT 3895 9916 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements
446 
WWUS53 KDDC 292353
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

KSC051-300030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160530T0030Z/
ELLIS KS-
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...

AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMERAM...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9925 3913 9925 3913 9904 3884 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 187DEG 13KT 3898 9916 

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

$$

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856 
WWUS53 KDDC 292359
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
659 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

KSC051-300008-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160530T0030Z/
ELLIS KS-
659 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS RAPIDLY
WEAKENED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3887 9925 3913 9925 3913 9904 3884 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 187DEG 13KT 3900 9916 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant23 min
May 28, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
May 29, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane45 min
May 29, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott48 min
May 29, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott49 min
May 29, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny43 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.