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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted.
690
WUUS53 KDDC 160029
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-160115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0241.160716T0029Z-160716T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BLOOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
MINNEOLA...BLOOM...CLARK STATE LAKE AND KINGSDOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3747 10004 3758 9983 3742 9964 3723 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 324DEG 26KT 3745 9987
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 160049
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC025-057-160115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-160716T0115Z/
FORD KS-CLARK KS-
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FORD AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARK STATE
LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEOLA...BLOOM...CLARK STATE LAKE AND KINGSDOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3747 10004 3758 9983 3742 9964 3723 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 324DEG 26KT 3734 9977
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER498
WWUS53 KDDC 160057
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
757 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
KSC025-057-160106-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-160716T0115Z/
FORD KS-CLARK KS-
757 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FORD AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. VERY HEAVY RAIN, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS NEAR 50 WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3747 10004 3758 9983 3742 9964 3723 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 324DEG 26KT 3729 9972
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 96 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.