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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 11, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 11:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 11, 2016, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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
Jul 11, 11:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1	11 S Beeler, KS	DELAYED REPORT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 2244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

234 
WUUS53 KDDC 120422
SVRDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-120515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0213.160712T0422Z-160712T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1121 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH
  OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3816 10029 3830 10033 3836 10002 3814 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 265DEG 7KT 3823 10022 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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4 follow-up statements

300 
WWUS53 KDDC 120434
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1134 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSC055-083-101-135-120515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-160712T0515Z/
FINNEY KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1134 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1134 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 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
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3816 10029 3830 10033 3836 10002 3814 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 265DEG 7KT 3823 10019 

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

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853 
WWUS53 KDDC 120438
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1138 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSC055-083-101-135-120515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-160712T0515Z/
FINNEY KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1138 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1138 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO 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
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3816 10029 3830 10033 3836 10002 3814 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 265DEG 7KT 3823 10018 

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

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321 
WWUS53 KDDC 120446
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1146 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSC055-083-101-135-120515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-160712T0515Z/
FINNEY KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1146 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1145 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BEELER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3822 10026 3830 10033 3836 10002 3818 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 214DEG 9KT 3827 10017 

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

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547 
WWUS53 KDDC 120449
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1149 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSC055-083-101-135-120515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-160712T0515Z/
FINNEY KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1149 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1149 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BEELER...MOVING EAST AT 10 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10024 3830 10033 3836 10002 3821 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 265DEG 7KT 3827 10016 

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 7:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
704 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...Updated for aviation discussion...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 157 PM CDT Mon Jul 11 2016

An upper level low will continue to move into Central Canada this
afternoon into tonight with its trough axis swinging through the
northern Plains. This will help push a cold front farther south
into Kansas this afternoon. This front will then become nearly
stationary tonight and bifurcate Kansas. Winds ahead of this front
will generally be from a southerly direction shifting to more of a
north to northeast direction from behind. A few thunderstorms may
form along this boundary this evening into the early overnight
hours. However, I believe that most of the convection will remain
east of the CWA. Otherwise expect a few clouds along and ahead of
the boundary. As for temperatures, lows tonight look to range from
the lower 60s across northwest Kansas to mid 70s across south
central Kansas. Highs tomorrow are anticipated to range from the
lower 90s across west central Kansas to upper 90s across south
central Kansas.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday)
Issued at 325 PM CDT Mon Jul 11 2016

An upper level ridge of high pressure will be found across
southern portions of the United States through Friday building
northward this weekend. This will bring zonal flow (west to east)
above the Central Plains through Friday. A few shortwaves are
progged to slide above this ridge of high pressure and into the
Central High Plains. This will enhance lift across the area as
they move through. Towards the surface, an area of low pressure
and associated frontal boundary is expected to sit somewhere
across western Kansas through Friday then shift northward as a
warm front this weekend. A few thunderstorms may form along this
boundary in the late afternoon into evening hours with the best
chance of measurable precipitation Thursday into Friday. Otherwise
expect partly cloudy skies. High pressure builds into the area
this weekend into the early part of next week. However, a few
thunderstorms can not be ruled out during peak heating into the
evening hours. As for temperatures, highs start out in the mid to
upper 90s Wednesday then cool off into the upper 80s on Friday. A
warming trend returns this weekend into the first part of next
week with highs reaching back into the mid to upper 90s. Lows look
to generally range from the mid 60s west to mid 70s east.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 702 PM CDT Mon Jul 11 2016

A weak cold front will move into western Kansas this evening
before stalling out across the area. There is a chance of
thunderstorms this evening along the front, especially around
KHYS. Winds will shift to the northeast behind the front and then
become easterly toward the end of the period. VFR condtions can be
expected outside of thunderstorms.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  70  94  70  98 /  20  20  20  10
GCK  68  93  67  97 /  20  10  10  10
EHA  66  96  66  99 /  10  10  10  10
LBL  69  97  69 100 /  10  10  10  10
HYS  69  92  69  95 /  50  10  20  20
P28  74  99  74 100 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42
LONG TERM...Hovorka_42
AVIATION...Finch

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
940 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-130245-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
940 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 /840 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THESE COULD
CONTAIN HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME
STORMS, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

JF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 10:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1017 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSZ031-120400-
ELLIS KS-
1017 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...

AT 1016 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CATHERINE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9904 3883 9924 3892 9928 3903 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 251DEG 20KT 3889 9919

KRUSE

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1118 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

KSZ044-045-063-064-120515-
FINNEY KS-NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1118 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...
SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...

AT 1117 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3815 10029 3828 10035 3837 9998 3816 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 257DEG 19KT 3823 10020

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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 11, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	43 min
Jul 11, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	22 min
Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	57 min
Jul 12, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	46 min
Jul 12, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	62 min
Jul 12, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Trego	68 min
Jul 12, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	55 min
Jul 12, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.