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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2016Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 6:27 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2016, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 6:54 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

311 
WUUS53 KDDC 010027
SVRDDC
KSC075-010115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0192.160701T0027Z-160701T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
627 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 626 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF COOLIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  COOLIDGE.

* TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LOCALIZED
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10205 3814 10204 3821 10194 3789 10181
      3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 233DEG 15KT 3800 10204 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
564 
WWUS53 KDDC 010040
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
640 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

KSC075-010115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-160701T0115Z/
HAMILTON KS-
640 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 639 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
COOLIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10205 3814 10204 3821 10194 3789 10181
      3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 233DEG 15KT 3803 10198 

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

$$

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569 
WWUS53 KDDC 010054
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
654 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

KSC075-010103-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-160701T0115Z/
HAMILTON KS-
654 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...HAIL TO ONE HALF
INCH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN HAMILTON
COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MDT. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 3813 10205 3814 10204 3821 10194 3789 10181
      3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 233DEG 15KT 3807 10192 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
Jun 30, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton48 min
Jun 30, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton38 min
Jun 30, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton44 min
Jun 30, 9:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark36 min
Jul 1, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.