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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2016Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 25, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

764 
WUUS53 KDDC 252254
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-252345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0175.160625T2254Z-160625T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  TREGO CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS REPLACES THE
  PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TREGO COUNTY.

  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...
  ELLIS...OGALLAH...RIGA...CEDAR BLUFF AND TREGO CENTER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9980 3888 10000 3913 9968 3888 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 232DEG 23KT 3882 9987 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

541 
WWUS53 KDDC 252311
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-195-252345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-160625T2345Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND WEST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTIES...

AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
CEDAR BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
ELLIS...RIGA AND CEDAR BLUFF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9980 3882 9992 3901 9955 3888 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 245DEG 22KT 3877 9980 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

965 
WWUS53 KDDC 252319
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-195-252329-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-160625T2345Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
619 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND WEST
CENTRAL ELLIS 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 GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3871 9980 3882 9992 3901 9955 3888 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 232DEG 23KT 3880 9975 

$$

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, 5:17 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.