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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 2016Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 17, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Wnw Ellis, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

563 
WUUS53 KDDC 172322
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-180015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0158.160617T2322Z-160618T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
622 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  RIGA...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  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...WAKEENEY...SCHOENCHEN...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...
  YOCEMENTO...ANTONINO...VODA...TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF.

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 3870 9929 3871 10015 3913 10015 3913 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 059DEG 4KT 3888 9966 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
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, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	49 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, 6:25 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.