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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 26, 2016Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 S Isabel, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

940 
WUUS53 KDDC 262115
SVRDDC
KSC007-262200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0177.160626T2115Z-160626T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...SHARON AND HAZELTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 9882 3737 9874 3744 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 270DEG 9KT 3734 9863 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

RBURG

3 follow-up statements

905 
WWUS53 KDDC 262133
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
433 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

KSC007-262200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160626T2200Z/
BARBER KS-
433 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE AND SHARON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 9882 3737 9874 3744 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3719 9835 3718 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 270DEG 9KT 3734 9857 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

RBURG

789 
WWUS53 KDDC 262142
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
442 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

KSC007-262200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160626T2200Z/
BARBER KS-
442 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 442 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE AND SHARON. 

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 3731 9869 3738 9870 3744 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3725 9835 3723 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 270DEG 9KT 3734 9854 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

RBURG

420 
WWUS53 KDDC 262156
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
456 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

KSC007-262205-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160626T2200Z/
BARBER KS-
456 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS, NICKEL HAIL, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3731 9869 3738 9870 3744 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3725 9835 3723 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 270DEG 9KT 3734 9854 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	6 hr
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	52 min
Jun 25, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	54 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	48 min
Jun 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	43 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.