Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 6:51 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
| 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
114
WUUS53 KDDC 152351
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-175-160045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0239.160715T2351Z-160716T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
651 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 651 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
FLORIS...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADE...ENGLEWOOD...ACRES AND MEADE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 10081 3744 10003 3704 9971 3700 9984
3700 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 338DEG 37KT 3734 10007 3694 10068
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
190
WWUS53 KDDC 160032
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC025-119-175-160045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-160716T0045Z/
SEWARD KS-CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
732 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE
COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEWOOD TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ELMWOOD...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR MEADE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ENGLEWOOD...ACRES AND MEADE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 10069 3737 9998 3704 9971 3700 9984
3700 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 338DEG 37KT 3696 9988 3656 10049
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER054
WWUS53 KDDC 160045
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
745 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC025-119-175-160054-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-160716T0045Z/
SEWARD KS-CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
745 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD...WESTERN
CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THE WARNING IS EXPIRING AT 745 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3705 10069 3737 9998 3704 9971 3700 9984
3700 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 338DEG 37KT 3696 9988 3656 10049
$$
TURNERThe 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, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 60 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 |
Nearby
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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.