Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2016, 3:43 AM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 29, 2016, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 29, 3:43 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 Sw Hugoton, KS | MESONET STATION 1 WSW HUGOTON /KHQG/. |
| Jun 29, 4:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Liberal, KS | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 60 TO 70 MPH. THERE WAS ALSO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 29, 4:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Liberal, KS | IN ADDITION, WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 60 TO 70 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
865 WUUS53 KDDC 290843 SVRDDC KSC119-175-189-290945- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0191.160629T0843Z-160629T0945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 343 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 343 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSCOW TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUBLETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIBERAL...HUGOTON...KISMET...MOSCOW...MISSLER...MEADE STATE PARK... WOODS...FETERITA...CAVE...HAYNE AND PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3700 10151 3738 10150 3738 10044 3700 10026 TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 335DEG 21KT 3737 10133 3737 10076 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RBURG
2 follow-up statements
781
WWUS53 KDDC 290906
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
406 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
KSC119-175-189-290945-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-160629T0945Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
406 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR STEVENS...SEWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTIES...
AT 405 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODS TO PLAINS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERAL...HUGOTON...KISMET...MOSCOW...MISSLER...MEADE STATE PARK...
WOODS...FETERITA...CAVE...HAYNE AND PLAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10151 3736 10150 3737 10044 3700 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 323DEG 32KT 3722 10117 3726 10057
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG887
WWUS53 KDDC 290944
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
443 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
KSC119-175-189-290953-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-160629T0945Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
443 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS...SEWARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3700 10151 3736 10150 3737 10044 3700 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 335DEG 21KT 3722 10117 3726 10057
$$
HUTTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Ness and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 73 min |
| Jun 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 70 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.