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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 14, 2016Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 6:23 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 14, 2016, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Comanche County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1278 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 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WUUS53 KDDC 141123
SVRDDC
KSC033-141200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0221.160714T1123Z-160714T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 623 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
  COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  COLDWATER...WILMORE AND BUTTERMILK. 

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 3711 9934 3735 9934 3738 9902 3716 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 234DEG 34KT 3727 9924 

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

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
573 
WWUS53 KDDC 141142
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
642 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

KSC033-141200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-160714T1200Z/
COMANCHE KS-
642 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...

AT 642 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
WILMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 3723 9925 3735 9934 3738 9902 3725 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 234DEG 19KT 3732 9913 

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

KRUSE
743 
WWUS53 KDDC 141156
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
656 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

KSC033-141206-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-160714T1200Z/
COMANCHE KS-
656 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3723 9925 3735 9934 3738 9902 3725 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 234DEG 34KT 3732 9913 

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray54 min
Jul 14, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton33 min
Jul 14, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray29 min
Jul 14, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford58 min
Jul 14, 5:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Meade62 min
Jul 14, 6:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Scott74 min
Jul 14, 6:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Kiowa54 min
Jul 14, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray67 min
Jul 14, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt60 min
Jul 14, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade36 min
Jul 14, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber47 min
Jul 14, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray64 min
Jul 14, 8:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt20 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.