Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
457
WUUS53 KDDC 042022
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-175-042115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.160804T2022Z-160804T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 322 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
SATANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA AND TICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 10087 3747 10102 3769 10086 3746 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 228DEG 9KT 3743 10092
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JJOHNSON2 follow-up statements
298 WWUS53 KDDC 042043 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 343 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSC069-081-119-175-042115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160804T2115Z/ GRAY KS-SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS- 343 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAY...NORTH CENTRAL SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES... AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR TICE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUBLETTE...SATANTA AND TICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3734 10087 3747 10102 3769 10086 3746 10058 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 234DEG 12KT 3750 10074 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ JJOHNSON
311
WWUS53 KDDC 042051
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
351 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
KSC069-081-119-175-042100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160804T2115Z/
GRAY KS-SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
351 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAY...NORTH
CENTRAL SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3734 10087 3747 10102 3769 10086 3746 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 228DEG 9KT 3751 10072
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 58 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.