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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 2016Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:55 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDTHAIL 11 Nne Utica, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2016-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

450 
WUUS53 KDDC 180155
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-195-180245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0162.160618T0155Z-160618T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  UTICA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
  NESS CITY...RANSOM...UTICA...BROWNELL...ARNOLD AND PENDENNIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9969 3833 9997 3870 10041 3870 10016
      3882 10015 3883 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 306DEG 17KT 3866 10016 

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

$$

HOVORKA
3 follow-up statements
364 
WWUS53 KDDC 180212
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-195-180245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160618T0245Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
912 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS
COUNTIES...

AT 912 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNOLD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
NESS CITY...RANSOM...UTICA...BROWNELL...ARNOLD AND PENDENNIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9969 3833 9997 3870 10041 3870 10016
      3882 10015 3883 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 306DEG 17KT 3861 10008 

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

$$

HOVORKA
329 
WWUS53 KDDC 180231
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-180241-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160618T0245Z/
LANE KS-

931 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3861 9969 3833 9997 3853 10008 3873 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 306DEG 17KT 3856 9999 

$$

KSC135-195-180245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160618T0245Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
931 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN TREGO AND EASTERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 931 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RANSOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
NESS CITY...RANSOM AND BROWNELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 9969 3833 9997 3853 10008 3873 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 306DEG 17KT 3856 9999 

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

$$

HOVORKA
932 
WWUS53 KDDC 180239
SVSDDC

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

KSC135-195-180249-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160618T0245Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
939 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TREGO AND EASTERN
NESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3861 9969 3833 9997 3853 10008 3873 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 306DEG 17KT 3856 9999 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush51 min
Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego67 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego49 min
Jun 17, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis51 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more62 min
Jun 17, 9:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego24 hr
Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens53 min
Jun 17, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford48 min
Jun 17, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford66 min
Jun 17, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford46 min
Jun 18, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness50 min
Jun 18, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade38 min
Jun 18, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Kiowa56 min
Jun 18, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche48 min
Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber51 min
Jun 18, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt49 min
Jun 18, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark48 min
Jun 18, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.