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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT for Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2016, 8:57 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1613 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

708 
WUUS53 KDDC 100119
SVRDDC
KSC067-189-100215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.160610T0119Z-160610T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  MOSCOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
  MOSCOW AND CAVE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 10146 3755 10133 3748 10114 3731 10107
      3727 10107 3722 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 239DEG 7KT 3731 10133 

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

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
813 
WWUS53 KDDC 100145
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-189-100215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160610T0215Z/
STEVENS KS-GRANT KS-
845 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
MOSCOW...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
MOSCOW AND CAVE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3737 10143 3749 10132 3748 10114 3731 10107
      3727 10107 3723 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 259DEG 7KT 3730 10132 

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

$$

JJOHNSON
913 
WWUS53 KDDC 100157
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-189-100206-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160610T0215Z/
STEVENS KS-GRANT KS-
857 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT 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.

LAT...LON 3737 10143 3749 10132 3748 10114 3731 10107
      3727 10107 3723 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 239DEG 7KT 3731 10130 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell37 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stevens45 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell55 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
Jun 10, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark58 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.