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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 2016Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 4:26 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 17, 2016, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 4:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Nw Emmeram, KS	.
Jun 17, 5:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Nne Yocemento, KS	.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 1558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

321 
WUUS53 KDDC 172126
SVRDDC
KSC051-172215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0155.160617T2126Z-160617T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
426 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  CATHERINE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO 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...
  ELLIS...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3894 9959 3913 9959 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 133DEG 15KT 3902 9922 

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

$$

HOVORKA

2 follow-up statements

099 
WWUS53 KDDC 172140
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

KSC051-172215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-160617T2215Z/
ELLIS KS-
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY...

AT 440 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
CATHERINE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLIS...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3894 9959 3913 9959 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 133DEG 15KT 3906 9928 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

HOVORKA

344 
WWUS53 KDDC 172203
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

KSC051-172215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-160617T2215Z/
ELLIS KS-
503 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY...

AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
YOCEMENTO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLIS...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3891 9904 3894 9959 3913 9959 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 116DEG 5KT 3902 9943 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 12:07 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	8 hr
Jun 17, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	43 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	50 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Ellis	3 hr
Jun 17, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	49 min
Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	53 min
Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	3 hr

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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.