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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 8, 2016Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:37 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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, 3:37 AM MDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 4:17 AM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

739 
WUUS53 KDDC 080937
SVRDDC
KSC075-081030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0211.160708T0937Z-160708T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
337 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 AM MDT

* AT 336 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF HARTMAN...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10172 3805 10170 3806 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 266DEG 18KT 3817 10209 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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4 follow-up statements

054 
WWUS53 KDDC 080951
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
351 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC075-081030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160708T1030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
351 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 350 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10172 3805 10170 3806 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 270DEG 18KT 3817 10200 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

071 
WWUS53 KDDC 081004
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC075-081030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160708T1030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
404 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 404 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3825 10202 3826 10172 3805 10170 3806 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 266DEG 18KT 3817 10191 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

541 
WWUS53 KDDC 081015
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC075-081030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160708T1030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
415 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 414 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10198 3818 10178 3805 10172 3805 10183
      3806 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 266DEG 18KT 3817 10184 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TURNER

594 
WWUS53 KDDC 081017
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
417 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC075-081026-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160708T1030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
417 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 430 AM MDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3819 10198 3818 10178 3805 10172 3805 10183
      3806 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 266DEG 18KT 3817 10182 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 12:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	60 min
Jul 8, 12:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	53 min
Jul 8, 12:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Jul 8, 1:06 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	24 min
Jul 8, 1:26 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	34 min
Jul 8, 1:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	64 min
Jul 8, 1:59 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	31 min
Jul 8, 2:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	62 min
Jul 8, 4:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	63 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.