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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 24, 2016Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2016, 8:53 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2016, 8:53 PM MDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2016, 9:32 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

020 
WUUS53 KDDC 250253
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-250400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0243.160725T0253Z-160725T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
953 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/

* AT 953 PM CDT/853 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES SOUTH OF TRIBUNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEERFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10182 3826 10119 3824 10110 3799 10113
      3790 10143 3825 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 293DEG 26KT 3829 10169 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
037 
WWUS53 KDDC 250332
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1032 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

KSC075-093-250341-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160725T0400Z/
HAMILTON KS-KEARNY KS-
1032 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3826 10182 3826 10119 3824 10110 3799 10113
      3790 10143 3825 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 293DEG 26KT 3818 10137 

$$

UMSCHEID

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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.