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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2016Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 4:37 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 25, 2016, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 5:03 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 4:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	13 W Friend, 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, 9.6 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: 161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -448 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WUUS53 KDDC 252137
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-252230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0170.160625T2137Z-160625T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
437 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF LYDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10114 3827 10112 3843 10113 3845 10111
      3827 10104 3820 10114 3826 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 235DEG 13KT 3824 10120 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

854 
WWUS53 KDDC 252154
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
454 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

KSC055-093-252203-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160625T2230Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-

454 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3827 10104 3826 10105 3826 10112 3827 10112
      3843 10113 3845 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 235DEG 13KT 3828 10114 

$$

KSC171-252230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160625T2230Z/
SCOTT KS-
454 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
LYDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10104 3826 10105 3826 10112 3827 10112
      3843 10113 3845 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 235DEG 13KT 3828 10114 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

985 
WWUS53 KDDC 252203
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

KSC171-252213-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160625T2230Z/
SCOTT KS-
503 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3827 10104 3826 10105 3826 10112 3827 10112
      3843 10113 3845 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 235DEG 13KT 3830 10110 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	51 min
Jun 25, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	50 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	51 min
Jun 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	44 min
Jun 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	46 min
Jun 25, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	43 min
Jun 25, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	52 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	45 min
Jun 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny	31 min
Jun 25, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	38 min
Jun 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	43 min
Jun 25, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant	35 min
Jun 25, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	30 min
Jun 25, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	25 min
Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	30 min
Jun 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	41 min
Jun 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	42 min
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.