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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 4, 20164 counties in Kansas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
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

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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
 
$$

JJOHNSON
2 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 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens52 min
Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton54 min
Aug 4, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell57 min
Aug 4, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton41 min
Aug 4, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray53 min
Aug 4, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton60 min
Aug 4, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray54 min
Aug 4, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton65 min
Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman26 min
Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman59 min
Aug 4, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton38 min
Aug 4, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego64 min
Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
Aug 4, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane59 min
Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane29 min
Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens40 min
Aug 4, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton62 min
Aug 4, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny58 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.