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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2016Finney County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 15, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 15, 5:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 74	4 Nw Pierceville, KS	THIS REPORT IS AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT.
Jul 15, 5:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 76	10 Wsw Kalvesta, KS	.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

246 
WUUS53 KDDC 152215
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-152315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0231.160715T2215Z-160715T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF AMY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HOLCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  GARDEN CITY...CIMARRON...HOLCOMB...PIERCEVILLE...INGALLS...CHARLESTON
  AND PLYMELL.

THIS NEW WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING... AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10103 3826 10042 3779 10029 3774 10098
      3774 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 359DEG 20KT 3823 10058 3804 10095 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	59 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	44 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	56 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	32 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	27 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	48 min
Jul 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	57 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	43 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	44 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	34 min
Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	46 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	26 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	50 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	65 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	25 min
Jul 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray	41 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	54 min
Jul 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	60 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade	54 min
Jul 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	44 min
Jul 15, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	53 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade, Seward	54 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.