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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2016Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:22 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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 15, 2016, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 4:37 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 3099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

986 
WUUS53 KDDC 152122
SVRDDC
KSC185-152215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0154.160615T2122Z-160615T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
422 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF HUDSON...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...
  STAFFORD AND HUDSON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 9856 3802 9876 3819 9866 3811 9847
      3800 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 209DEG 11KT 3805 9862 

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

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

496 
WWUS53 KDDC 152133
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
433 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

KSC185-152215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160615T2215Z/
STAFFORD KS-
433 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HUDSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAFFORD AND HUDSON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 9856 3807 9871 3819 9866 3811 9847
      3800 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 209DEG 11KT 3808 9860 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

TURNER

179 
WWUS53 KDDC 152137
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
437 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

KSC185-152147-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160615T2215Z/
STAFFORD KS-
437 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3793 9856 3807 9871 3819 9866 3811 9847
      3800 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 209DEG 11KT 3809 9859 

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:12 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	25 hr
Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	35 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.