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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 6:12 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

737 
WUUS53 KDDC 092312
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-100000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0148.160609T2312Z-160610T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GRIGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  SCOTT CITY...AMY...SHALLOW WATER...HEALY...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. 

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR NORTHERN LANE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3831 10062 3831 10095 3869 10090 3869 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 213DEG 13KT 3843 10081 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
538 
WWUS53 KDDC 092327
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-171-100000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-160610T0000Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
627 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...

AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
GRIGSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 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...
AMY...HEALY...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10060 3846 10087 3869 10088 3869 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 196DEG 12KT 3850 10080 

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

$$

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928 
WWUS53 KDDC 092353
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-171-100003-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-160610T0000Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
653 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3844 10060 3846 10087 3869 10088 3869 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 213DEG 13KT 3850 10080 

$$

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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, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane54 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell66 min
Jun 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell67 min

Nearby

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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.