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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 8, 2016Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 1:58 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 8, 2016, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2503 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
2503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

260 
WUUS53 KDDC 080658
SVRDDC
KSC033-097-080745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0210.160708T0658Z-160708T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
158 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 158 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
  COLDWATER...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...
  COLDWATER...WILMORE AND LAKE COLDWATER. 

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 3721 9933 3731 9954 3755 9937 3743 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 224DEG 14KT 3740 9937 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER
1 follow-up statement
739 
WWUS53 KDDC 080735
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
235 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC033-097-080745-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-160708T0745Z/
COMANCHE KS-KIOWA KS-
235 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 234 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
GREENSBURG...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...
WILMORE.

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 3727 9926 3734 9939 3750 9928 3743 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 224DEG 14KT 3750 9924 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord60 min
Jul 8, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche, Kiowa53 min
Jul 8, 2:06 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa24 min
Jul 8, 2:26 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche34 min
Jul 8, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney64 min
Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber31 min
Jul 8, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber62 min
Jul 8, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton40 min
Jul 8, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.