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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 6:23 PM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
Jun 9, 2016, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 112 Ne Ryus, KSHAIL WAS MOSTLY PEA SIZE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

436 
WUUS53 KDDC 092323
SVRDDC
KSC055-081-100030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0149.160609T2323Z-160610T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF RYUS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  PLYMELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10108 3788 10108 3788 10080 3787 10068
      3784 10066 3783 10067 3783 10066 3781 10065
      3771 10065 3750 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 213DEG 13KT 3757 10101 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
559 
WWUS53 KDDC 092357
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-081-100030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-160610T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-HASKELL KS-
657 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RYUS...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...
PLYMELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3763 10106 3788 10108 3788 10080 3787 10068
      3784 10066 3783 10067 3783 10066 3781 10065
      3771 10065 3757 10091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 208DEG 11KT 3765 10098 

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

$$

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982 
WWUS53 KDDC 100017
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-081-100030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-160610T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-HASKELL KS-
717 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PLYMELL...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
PLYMELL.

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 3767 10106 3788 10108 3788 10080 3787 10068
      3769 10081 3765 10091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 203DEG 12KT 3774 10096 

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, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane54 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell66 min
Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott48 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.