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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2016Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 5:17 PM CDT for Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 5:48 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 5:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	4 Sse Lakin, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

120 
WUUS53 KDDC 252217
SVRDDC
KSC067-093-252300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0172.160625T2217Z-160625T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 517 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
  ULYSSES...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
  SOUTHERN KEARNY AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3763 10136 3774 10153 3801 10138 3778 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 219DEG 13KT 3775 10139 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

426 
WWUS53 KDDC 252228
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-093-252300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-160625T2300Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
LAKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10126 3777 10136 3790 10126 3778 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 225DEG 29KT 3779 10123 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

833 
WWUS53 KDDC 252248
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-093-252258-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-160625T2300Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
548 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3769 10126 3777 10136 3790 10126 3778 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 219DEG 13KT 3785 10117 

$$

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, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	26 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, 5:22 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.