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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 24, 2016Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports 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 24, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 5:47 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 658 N Jetmore, KS.
Aug 24, 5:50 PM CDTHAIL 0.889 N Jetmore, KS.
Aug 24, 6:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.7510 N Jetmore, KS.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2016-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

911 
WUUS53 KDDC 242216
SVRDDC
KSC083-242315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0263.160824T2216Z-160824T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HORSETHIEF RESERVOIR...OR 12 MILES WEST OF JETMORE...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 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...
  JETMORE...HANSTON...HODGEMAN STATE LAKE AND JETMORE CITY LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10017 3825 10017 3826 9969 3797 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 271DEG 12KT 3815 10011 

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

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3 follow-up statements
332 
WWUS53 KDDC 242230
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

KSC083-242315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
530 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...

AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
HORSETHIEF RESERVOIR...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JETMORE...HANSTON AND HODGEMAN STATE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3811 10009 3825 10009 3826 9969 3799 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 267DEG 12KT 3817 10004 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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847 
WWUS53 KDDC 242246
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

KSC083-242315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
546 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...

AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF JETMORE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANSTON.

JETMORE IS NO LONGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM, AND THUS NO LONGER
IN THIS WARNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10001 3825 10000 3826 9969 3806 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 264DEG 13KT 3818 9996 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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633 
WWUS53 KDDC 242313
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

KSC083-242323-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160824T2315Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
613 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3813 10001 3825 10000 3826 9969 3806 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 271DEG 12KT 3818 9996 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford65 min
Aug 23, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford48 min
Aug 23, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 min
Aug 24, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber47 min
Aug 24, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess62 min
Aug 24, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman58 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.