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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 2016Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2016, 3:11 AM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 19, 2016, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2016-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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 2016-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WUUS53 KDDC 190811
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-190900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0259.160819T0811Z-160819T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
311 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 311 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  SCOTT STATE LAKE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY...MOVING EAST AT
  10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEALY...MANNING AND SCOTT STATE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 10058 3852 10100 3868 10099 3870 10088
      3870 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 261DEG 10KT 3859 10088 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KRUSE
1 follow-up statement
109 
WWUS53 KDDC 190834
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
334 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

KSC101-171-190844-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-160819T0900Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
334 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3854 10058 3852 10100 3868 10099 3870 10088
      3870 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 261DEG 10KT 3860 10080 

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott60 min
Aug 19, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee61 min
Aug 19, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush59 min
Aug 19, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber61 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.