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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WUUS53 KDDC 100025
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-081-100130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0150.160610T0025Z-160610T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 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...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  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...
  GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB...PIERCEVILLE AND PLYMELL. 

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST FINNEY AND NORTHERN
HASKELL 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 3769 10108 3814 10108 3806 10047 3768 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 217DEG 15KT 3785 10099 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

153 
WWUS53 KDDC 100040
SVSDDC

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

KSC081-100050-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-160610T0130Z/
HASKELL KS-

740 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3775 10107 3814 10108 3806 10047 3775 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 217DEG 13KT 3787 10097 

$$

KSC055-069-100130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-160610T0130Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-
740 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PLYMELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB...PIERCEVILLE AND 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 3775 10107 3814 10108 3806 10047 3775 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 217DEG 13KT 3787 10097 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

665 
WWUS53 KDDC 100102
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-100111-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-160610T0130Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-
802 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

SMALL HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT APPROACHES GARDEN CITY. THE CORE OF THE STORM
MAY REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY THROUGH 845 PM.

LAT...LON 3775 10107 3814 10108 3806 10047 3775 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 217DEG 15KT 3794 10090 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Stevens	45 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	38 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	55 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Jun 10, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	58 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.