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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 28, 2016Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 4:48 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS53 KDDC 282117
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-282200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0189.160628T2117Z-160628T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WILMORE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG AND MOVING SOUTH.

  HAZARD...GOLF 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...
  COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER...BUTTERMILK AND
  BELVIDERE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3754 9946 3759 9903 3705 9894 3701 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 350DEG 20KT 3727 9914 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

4 follow-up statements

187 
WWUS53 KDDC 282126
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-282200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-160628T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
426 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 426 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WILMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER...
BUTTERMILK AND BELVIDERE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3754 9946 3759 9903 3705 9894 3701 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 324DEG 17KT 3727 9910 

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

$$

FINCH

650 
WWUS53 KDDC 282140
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-282200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-160628T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
440 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF AETNA...MOVING SOUTH 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER...
BUTTERMILK AND BELVIDERE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3754 9946 3759 9903 3705 9894 3701 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 344DEG 23KT 3715 9903 

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

$$

FINCH

695 
WWUS53 KDDC 282141 RRA
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-282200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-160628T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
441 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF AETNA...MOVING SOUTH 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...WILMORE...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3741 9944 3730 9902 3705 9894 3701 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 350DEG 20KT 3714 9903 

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

$$

FINCH

163 
WWUS53 KDDC 282148
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-282158-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-160628T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
448 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN BARBER
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA 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.

LAT...LON 3741 9944 3730 9902 3705 9894 3701 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 350DEG 20KT 3710 9902 

$$

FINCH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 3:25 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:25 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...Updated for Long Term...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday)
Issued at 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2016

For this evening, an outflow boundary will continue push south of
Dodge City, with some strong to severe storms possible. Hail to
quarter size and heavy rainfall possible. A supercell or two is also
possible with larger hail with some stronger upper winds today than
yesterday.

Then later tonight a Mesoscale Convective Complex (MCS)
is forecast to move in from Nebraska. Will carry highest chances
across south central sections then blend smaller chances west.
Severe storms are not expected later tonight, except for some strong
winds to 50 mph and small hail, lots of lightning and areas of heavy
rainfall. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 60s.

For Wednesday, upper level northwest flow will continue with a cold
front near the Oklahoma border. Will carry 20 to 30 percent chances
wtih the better chances south and east of Dodge City. South winds
shift to the east and northeast with a cold front. Highs look to be
from the upper 80s near and east of Dodge City with mid 90s for
parts of southwest Kansas.

.LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 323 PM CDT Tue Jun 28 2016

For the period of Wednesday Night into next Tuesday, an active
northwest flow pattern continues into Thursday then begins to
flatten out with more shortwaves into Sunday. By Monday and into
Tuesday chances for rainfall become less as any jet stream features
shift north. Areas of thunderstorms are forecast daily with the best
chances mainly in the evenings and overnights into Sunday.

Highs will be cooler, with mainly lower to mid 80s into Sunday, then
warming to around 90 to 95 on Monday and Tuesday. Overnight lows
will be in the mid to upper 60s.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon)
Issued at 1156 AM CDT Tue Jun 28 2016

Light east to southeasterly upslope will prevail with VFR
conditions. A complex of thunderstorms is then forecast to drop
south to southeastward across much of south central Kansas late
tonight and towards morning. The best guess for timing is at KHYS
around 08-11Z and 09-12z at KGCK and KDDC. Strong outflow winds
will be the main threat along with heavy rainfall and frequent
lightning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  67  91  67  88 /  30  20  30  40
GCK  66  93  67  87 /  20  10  20  40
EHA  66  95  66  89 /  10  20  30  50
LBL  67  94  67  90 /  20  30  30  50
HYS  66  87  65  84 /  40  40  40  40
P28  68  90  69  90 /  30  30  40  50

&&

.DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Kruse
LONG TERM...Kruse
AVIATION...Kruse

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:49 AM CDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
549 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291100-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
549 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016 /449 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST KANSAS REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER LARGER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MARGINAL SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE UP ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR, BUT THE ACTIVITY
SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST EACH PERIOD, BUT THE BEST
CHANCES WILL BE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS.
SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT THE GREATER THREAT MAY BE
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LEADING TO SOME ISOLATED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:26 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
326 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0326 PM     HAIL             CAIRO                   37.64N 98.54W
06/28/2016  M1.00 INCH       PRATT              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:36 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

KSZ080-089-282115-
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 336 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF BELVIDERE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER AND WILMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3755 9935 3757 9910 3722 9906 3729 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 007DEG 8KT 3748 9923

WHITE

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:41 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
341 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NNW SITKA             37.24N 99.69W
06/28/2016  E50 MPH          CLARK              KS   PUBLIC

            .

&&

AW

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     HAIL             10 ESE CLARK STATE LAKE 37.32N 99.63W
06/28/2016  M1.50 INCH       CLARK              KS   PUBLIC

            FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:05 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
405 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

KSZ090-282200-
BARBER KS-
405 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM CDT...

AT 404 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF HARDTNER...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIOWA AND HARDTNER.

LAT...LON 3725 9891 3722 9850 3700 9840 3700 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 347DEG 13KT 3714 9864

FINCH

Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
407 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     TSTM WND GST     MEDICINE LODGE          37.29N 98.58W
06/28/2016  M61 MPH          BARBER             KS   ASOS

            .

&&

AW

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, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	55 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

Nearby

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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.