Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
- May 8, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ese Lake Coldwater, KS | |
| May 8, 5:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Se Coldwater, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 082230
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-151-082330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0019.160508T2230Z-160508T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 529 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...COATS...LAKE CITY...WILMORE...SUN
CITY...CROFT...LAKE COLDWATER...BUTTERMILK...WELLSFORD AND BELVIDERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3701 9917 3715 9942 3762 9946 3762 9894
3742 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 210DEG 35KT 3720 9926
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 082245
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
KSC007-033-097-151-082330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
COMANCHE KS-PRATT KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN PRATT...NORTHWESTERN BARBER
AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMORE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...COATS...LAKE CITY...WILMORE...SUN CITY...CROFT...BELVIDERE AND
WELLSFORD.
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLDWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3718 9911 3727 9932 3760 9925 3762 9894
3742 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 207DEG 32KT 3730 9921
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID046
WWUS53 KDDC 082255
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
KSC007-033-082305-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND
NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3739 9902 3739 9926 3760 9925 3762 9894
3747 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 210DEG 35KT 3740 9914
$$
KSC097-151-082330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BELVIDERE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELVIDERE AND WELLSFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3739 9902 3739 9926 3760 9925 3762 9894
3747 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 210DEG 35KT 3740 9914
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID495
WWUS53 KDDC 082322
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
622 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
KSC097-151-082332-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-
622 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PRATT AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3739 9902 3739 9926 3760 9925 3762 9894
3747 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 210DEG 35KT 3740 9914
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 50 min |
| May 7, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 14 min |
| May 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 52 min |
| May 7, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 35 min |
| May 7, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 51 min |
| May 7, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| May 7, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Rush | 52 min |
| May 7, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 26 min |
| May 7, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 37 min |
| May 7, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 35 min |
| May 8, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
| May 8, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 28 min |
| May 8, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| May 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 41 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 23 min |
| May 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 20 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| May 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 27 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 37 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.