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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 9, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2016-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 2016-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

213 
WUUS53 KDDC 092221
SVRDDC
KSC101-092315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0147.160609T2221Z-160609T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
521 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIELDS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS DEVELOPING 7 MILES
  NORTH OF AMY...ALSO MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

  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...
  DIGHTON...SHIELDS...PENDENNIS AND HEALY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10025 3861 10025 3849 10038 3847 10068
      3870 10068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 235DEG 6KT 3859 10046 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
285 
WWUS53 KDDC 092227
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSC101-092315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-160609T2315Z/
LANE KS-
527 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LANE COUNTY...

AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEALY...AND IS
NEARLY STATIONARY. ANOTHER VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHIELDS.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
PENDENNIS...HEALY AND SHIELDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10025 3861 10025 3849 10038 3850 10066
      3870 10068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 190DEG 4KT 3862 10058 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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109 
WWUS53 KDDC 092241
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
541 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSC101-092315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-160609T2315Z/
LANE KS-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY...

AT 540 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HEALY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
HEALY AND SHIELDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10034 3856 10038 3858 10064 3870 10068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 198DEG 12KT 3866 10056 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane46 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell66 min
Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott48 min
Jun 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell67 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.