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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 2016Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:39 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 17, 2016, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2161 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: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

292 
WUUS53 KDDC 180139
SVRDDC
KSC051-180230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0161.160618T0139Z-160618T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  TOULON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAYS...VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE...YOCEMENTO...MUNJOR...
  EMMERAM AND TOULON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 9904 3881 9954 3913 9936 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 203DEG 14KT 3885 9922 

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

$$

HOVORKA

2 follow-up statements

441 
WWUS53 KDDC 180148
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-180230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160618T0230Z/
ELLIS KS-
848 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...

AT 848 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CATHERINE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAYS...VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE...MUNJOR...EMMERAM AND TOULON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 9904 3880 9940 3913 9936 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 203DEG 14KT 3889 9920 

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

$$

HOVORKA

925 
WWUS53 KDDC 180229
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-180239-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160618T0230Z/
ELLIS KS-
929 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3875 9904 3880 9940 3913 9936 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 203DEG 14KT 3889 9920 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness, Rush	51 min
Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	67 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more	62 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	50 min
Jun 17, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	24 hr
Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	53 min
Jun 17, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	48 min
Jun 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	66 min
Jun 17, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	46 min
Jun 18, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	50 min
Jun 18, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	38 min
Jun 18, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Kiowa	56 min
Jun 18, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	48 min
Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	51 min
Jun 18, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	49 min
Jun 18, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	48 min
Jun 18, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	40 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.