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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 4, 2016Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2016, 5:18 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Howell, KS	POWER POLE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

239 
WUUS53 KDDC 042152
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-042245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0253.160804T2152Z-160804T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
452 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWELL...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  DODGE CITY...HOWELL...FT. DODGE AND WRIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10015 3786 10022 3799 9999 3767 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 260DEG 12KT 3777 10013 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

770 
WWUS53 KDDC 042206
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
506 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

KSC057-083-042245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-160804T2245Z/
FORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-
506 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DODGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
DODGE CITY...WRIGHT AND FT. DODGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10011 3787 10018 3799 9999 3767 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 252DEG 16KT 3780 10004 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

021 
WWUS53 KDDC 042218
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
518 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

KSC057-083-042227-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-160804T2245Z/
FORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-
518 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3769 10011 3787 10018 3799 9999 3767 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 260DEG 12KT 3781 9999 

$$

JJOHNSON

The 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, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	29 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, 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.