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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2016Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 15, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
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.

761 
WUUS53 KDDC 152225
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-152330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0232.160715T2225Z-160715T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
525 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  JETMORE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JETMORE, ALSO MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TENNIS 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...
  JETMORE...SPEARVILLE AND BELLEFONT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 3814 10021 3810 9962 3783 9959 3784 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 351DEG 14KT 3808 10006 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton59 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott56 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott32 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton27 min
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott48 min
Jul 15, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness57 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton43 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott44 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton34 min
Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton26 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell50 min
Jul 15, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray60 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton25 min
Jul 15, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray41 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward54 min
Jul 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman60 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade54 min
Jul 15, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton3 hr
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward44 min
Jul 15, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford53 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade, Seward54 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.