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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 28, 2016Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2016, 2:50 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports 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 28, 2016, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 28, 2:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Nne Sitka, KS	.
Jun 28, 2:56 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	9 N Sitka, KS	.
Jun 28, 3:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	10 Ese Clark State Lake, KS	FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 28, 3:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	5 Nnw Sitka, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 1570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

313 
WUUS53 KDDC 281950
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-282045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0183.160628T1950Z-160628T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
250 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR CLARK
  STATE LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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...
  ASHLAND...PROTECTION...SITKA AND CLARK STATE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3710 9980 3745 9985 3745 9961 3740 9955
      3738 9956 3738 9953 3721 9933 3709 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 334DEG 6KT 3741 9978 

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

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

964 
WWUS53 KDDC 282007
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
307 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

KSC025-033-282045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-160628T2045Z/
COMANCHE KS-CLARK KS-
307 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 307 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
SITKA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 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...
ASHLAND...PROTECTION...SITKA AND CLARK STATE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3710 9980 3742 9980 3745 9961 3740 9955
      3738 9956 3738 9953 3721 9933 3709 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 000DEG 5KT 3726 9964 

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

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray	40 min
Jun 28, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
Jun 28, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	65 min
Jun 28, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	51 min
Jun 28, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	39 min
Jun 28, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	51 min
Jun 28, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	41 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	39 min
Jun 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	45 min
Jun 28, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	55 min
Jun 28, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	41 min
Jun 28, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	31 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.