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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2016Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2016, 11:26 AM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 23, 2016, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 12:01 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 2025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

137 
WUUS53 KDDC 231626
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-185-231715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0167.160623T1626Z-160623T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1126 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1126 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  BELPRE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MACKSVILLE AND BELPRE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3782 9916 3801 9922 3806 9897 3787 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 252DEG 18KT 3797 9912 

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

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

790 
WWUS53 KDDC 231639
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1139 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

KSC047-145-185-231715-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-160623T1715Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
1139 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND EAST CENTRAL
EDWARDS COUNTIES...

AT 1139 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BELPRE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACKSVILLE AND BELPRE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3782 9916 3801 9922 3806 9897 3787 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 252DEG 18KT 3799 9904 

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

$$

TURNER

564 
WWUS53 KDDC 231701
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1201 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

KSC047-145-185-231711-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-160623T1715Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
1201 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 30
MINUTES. 

LAT...LON 3782 9916 3801 9922 3806 9897 3787 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 252DEG 18KT 3802 9891 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	64 min
Jun 23, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	72 min
Jun 23, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	49 min
Jun 23, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	37 min
Jun 23, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	50 min
Jun 23, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	38 min
Jun 23, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	25 min
Jun 23, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	44 min
Jun 23, 11:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	39 min
Jun 23, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	43 min
Jun 23, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	38 min
Jun 23, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	36 min
Jun 23, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	44 min
Jun 23, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	49 min
Jun 23, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	41 min
Jun 23, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	49 min
Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	47 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.