Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Dodge City, KS
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
KRUSE1 follow-up statement
109
WWUS53 KDDC 190834
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
334 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
KSC101-171-190844-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-160819T0900Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
334 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3854 10058 3852 10100 3868 10099 3870 10088
3870 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 261DEG 10KT 3860 10080
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 61 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.