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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 7, 2016Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 8:12 PM CSTHAIL 1.256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

233 
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

$$

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2 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

$$

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889 
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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche45 min
Mar 7, 6:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt46 min
Mar 7, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt47 min
Mar 8, 8:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt39 min
Mar 8, 9:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber51 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.