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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 5, 2016Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 10:47 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 5, 2016, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 11:34 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 5, 11:04 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 S Trego Center, KSTREE DOWN ON PROPERTY. CORN HEAVILY DAMAGED ACROSS THE STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 5, 11:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Ransom, KSPOLE SHED BLOWN AWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 5, 11:19 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Ness City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

As transmitted.

328 
WUUS53 KDDC 060347
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-195-060445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0207.160706T0347Z-160706T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1047 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
  TREGO CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NESS CITY...DIGHTON...BAZINE...RANSOM...OGALLAH...UTICA...
  ALAMOTA...BROWNELL...AMY...CEDAR BLUFF...ARNOLD...SHIELDS...
  TREGO CENTER AND PENDENNIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3841 9960 3845 10064 3870 10051 3870 10015
      3896 10015 3904 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 330DEG 27KT 3884 10006 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
298 
WWUS53 KDDC 060407
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1107 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

KSC101-135-195-060445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-160706T0445Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
1107 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OGALLAH TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RANSOM TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...DIGHTON...BAZINE...RANSOM...OGALLAH...UTICA...BROWNELL...
SHIELDS...TREGO CENTER...PENDENNIS...CEDAR BLUFF AND ARNOLD.

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 3841 9960 3846 10055 3870 10051 3870 10015
      3882 10009 3896 9996 3904 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 335DEG 47KT 3895 9971 3860 9999 3849 10038 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KRUSE
671 
WWUS53 KDDC 060434
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1134 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

KSC101-135-195-060443-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-160706T0445Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
1134 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN
LANE AND NORTHERN NESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3841 9960 3846 10055 3870 10051 3870 10015
      3882 10009 3896 9996 3904 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 330DEG 27KT 3878 9959 3843 9987 3833 10026 

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego53 min
Jul 5, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego46 min
Jul 5, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego6 hr
Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 5 more44 min
Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford64 min
Jul 6, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush45 min
Jul 6, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush50 min
Jul 6, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford48 min
Jul 6, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford53 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.