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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 27, 2016Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2016, 5:25 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 27, 2016, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WUUS53 KDDC 272325
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-280015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0264.160827T2325Z-160828T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/

* AT 624 PM CDT/524 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES NORTH OF KENDALL...OR 12 MILES EAST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10152 3826 10141 3820 10124 3797 10150
      3801 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 206DEG 10KT 3805 10153 

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

HOVORKA

3 follow-up statements

795 
WWUS53 KDDC 272340
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
640 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

KSC075-093-280015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-160828T0015Z/
HAMILTON KS-KEARNY KS-
640 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY
COUNTIES...

AT 640 PM CDT/540 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17
MILES SOUTH OF LEOTI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10152 3826 10141 3821 10128 3802 10149
      3803 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 204DEG 24KT 3823 10141 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

714 
WWUS53 KDDC 272354
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
654 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

KSC075-093-280015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-160828T0015Z/
HAMILTON KS-KEARNY KS-
654 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY
COUNTIES...

AT 653 PM CDT/553 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTH OF KENDALL...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 10157 3826 10152 3826 10141 3821 10128
      3802 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 208DEG 2KT 3805 10149 

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

HOVORKA

476 
WWUS53 KDDC 280010
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
710 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

KSC075-093-280020-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-160828T0015Z/
HAMILTON KS-KEARNY KS-
710 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/...
                
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.

LAT...LON 3803 10157 3826 10152 3826 10141 3821 10128
      3802 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 206DEG 10KT 3805 10149 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	29 min
Aug 27, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	37 min
Aug 27, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	32 min

Nearby

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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.