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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 6:48 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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: May 8, 2016, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 7:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Ese Larned, KS

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

693 
WUUS53 KDDC 082348
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-090015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0027.160508T2348Z-160509T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF RADIUM...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...RADIUM AND ZOOK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3800 9888 3801 9911 3827 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 201DEG 38KT 3810 9896 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

589 
WWUS53 KDDC 082357
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC145-185-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160509T0015Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND EAST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR RADIUM...
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEWARD AND RADIUM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9883 3811 9906 3827 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 201DEG 38KT 3819 9892 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

104 
WWUS53 KDDC 090009
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC145-185-090019-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160509T0015Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND EAST
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3811 9883 3811 9906 3827 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 201DEG 38KT 3819 9892 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	32 min
May 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	50 min
May 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	14 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	52 min
May 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	35 min
May 7, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell	51 min
May 7, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	42 min
May 7, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	40 min
May 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	51 min
May 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Rush	52 min
May 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	26 min
May 7, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	37 min
May 7, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 8, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	28 min
May 8, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	50 min
May 8, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	43 min
May 8, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	43 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	48 min
May 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	46 min
May 8, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	41 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	64 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	52 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	29 min
May 8, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	40 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness	23 min
May 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	47 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	26 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	36 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	24 min
May 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	20 min
May 8, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	23 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	48 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	37 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.