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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT for Trego 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: May 8, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

896 
WUUS53 KDDC 082243
SVRDDC
KSC195-082330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0022.160508T2243Z-160508T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
543 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VODA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEENEY...COLLYER AND VODA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3912 9962 3890 9998 3898 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 231DEG 40KT 3904 9997 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

796 
WWUS53 KDDC 082253
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
553 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC195-082330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
TREGO KS-
553 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
WAKEENEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...THREE INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED. 
         EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAKEENEY...COLLYER AND VODA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3912 9962 3890 9998 3898 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 231DEG 40KT 3912 9984 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...3.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

496 
WWUS53 KDDC 082320
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
620 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC195-082330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160508T2330Z/
TREGO KS-
620 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAMAR...OR 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NICODEMUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLLYER AND VODA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3913 9986 3895 10005 3898 10015 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 231DEG 40KT 3931 9954 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	32 min
May 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	50 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	14 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	52 min
May 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	35 min
May 7, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell	51 min
May 7, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	42 min
May 7, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	40 min
May 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	51 min
May 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Rush	52 min
May 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	26 min
May 7, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	37 min
May 7, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 8, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	28 min
May 8, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	43 min
May 8, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	43 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	48 min
May 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	46 min
May 8, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	41 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	64 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	52 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	29 min
May 8, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	40 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness	23 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	26 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	36 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	24 min
May 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	20 min
May 8, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	23 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	48 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	27 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	37 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.