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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: May 8, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

607 
WUUS53 KDDC 082117
SVRDDC
KSC171-082200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0017.160508T2117Z-160508T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
417 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MODOC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT CITY AND SCOTT STATE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3867 10069 3851 10081 3844 10099
      3852 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 226DEG 32KT 3856 10100 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

031 
WWUS53 KDDC 082132
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
432 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC171-082200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160508T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
432 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SCOTT STATE LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3867 10069 3858 10083 3855 10097
      3859 10109 3870 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 212DEG 24KT 3864 10100 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

176 
WWUS53 KDDC 082154
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
454 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC171-082204-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160508T2200Z/
SCOTT KS-
454 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3867 10069 3858 10083 3855 10097
      3859 10109 3870 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 226DEG 32KT 3864 10100 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	32 min
May 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	50 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	14 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	52 min
May 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	35 min
May 7, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell	51 min
May 7, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	42 min
May 7, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	40 min
May 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	51 min
May 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Rush	52 min
May 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	26 min
May 7, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	37 min
May 7, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 8, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	28 min
May 8, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	43 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	48 min
May 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	46 min
May 8, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	41 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	64 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	52 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	29 min
May 8, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	40 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness	23 min
May 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	47 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	26 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	36 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	24 min
May 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	20 min
May 8, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	23 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	48 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	27 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	37 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.