Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2016, 8:07 PM CST for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 7, 2016, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:12 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Wsw Neola, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 3599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 080207
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-080245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.160308T0207Z-160308T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
807 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 807 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
STAFFORD...PRESTON...NEOLA AND ZENITH.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR PRATT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 9856 3779 9873 3815 9847 3783 9847
3782 9846 3780 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 215DEG 21KT 3780 9861
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
479
WWUS53 KDDC 080221
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
821 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
KSC151-080230-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160308T0245Z/
PRATT KS-
821 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3783 9865 3791 9863 3815 9847 3783 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 215DEG 21KT 3786 9855
$$
KSC185-080245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160308T0245Z/
STAFFORD KS-
821 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
AT 820 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOLA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 812 PM, HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED 6 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NEOLA.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAFFORD...NEOLA AND ZENITH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3783 9865 3791 9863 3815 9847 3783 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 215DEG 21KT 3786 9855
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID889
WWUS53 KDDC 080239
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
KSC185-080249-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160308T0245Z/
STAFFORD KS-
839 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3783 9865 3791 9863 3815 9847 3783 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 215DEG 21KT 3786 9855
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 6:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 8:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 51 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.