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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 8, 2016Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Sep 8, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 00:00Z, 0.2 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 2016-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1780 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

646 
WUUS53 KDDC 090014
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-090100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0270.160909T0014Z-160909T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF AETNA...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  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. 

A WIND GUST OF 69 MPH WAS MEAURED FROM THIS STORM IN WOODS COUNTY
OKLAHOMA AT 7:05 PM CDT. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER AND AETNA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3704 9905 3726 9885 3709 9846 3700 9870
      3700 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 220DEG 24KT 3705 9891 

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

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2 follow-up statements
956 
WWUS53 KDDC 090027
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
727 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

KSC007-033-090100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160909T0100Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
727 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 727 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
AETNA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDTNER AND AETNA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3704 9905 3726 9885 3709 9846 3700 9870
      3700 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 220DEG 24KT 3712 9883 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER
738 
WWUS53 KDDC 090052
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

KSC007-033-090100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160909T0100Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-
752 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN
BARBER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING AND
MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3704 9905 3726 9885 3709 9846 3700 9870
      3700 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 220DEG 24KT 3712 9883 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark36 min
Sep 8, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber51 min
Sep 8, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt38 min
Sep 8, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt40 min
Sep 8, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber35 min
Sep 9, 2:20 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego8 hr
Sep 9, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford19 hr
Sep 9, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche67 min
Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade58 min
Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa46 min
Sep 9, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark67 min
Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade53 min
Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa38 min
Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark34 min
Sep 9, 6:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark3 hr
Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt45 min
Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark19 min
Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt46 min
Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa23 min
Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCFord, Kiowa116 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.