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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 25, 2016Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 2016, 11:24 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Oct 25, 2016, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2016-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WUUS53 KDDC 260424
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-260515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0290.161026T0424Z-161026T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1124 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1123 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  ASH VALLEY...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 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...
  LARNED...ROZEL...ASH VALLEY...SANFORD...FRIZELL AND FORT LARNED
  HISTORIC SITE.

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 3817 9892 3810 9929 3827 9948 3842 9940
      3835 9903 3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 295DEG 32KT 3832 9934 

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

RBURG
2 follow-up statements
687 
WWUS53 KDDC 260444
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1144 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

KSC145-165-260515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-161026T0515Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
1144 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 1143 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LARNED...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
LARNED...ROZEL...ASH VALLEY...SANFORD...FRIZELL AND FORT LARNED
HISTORIC SITE.

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 3817 9892 3810 9929 3827 9948 3842 9940
      3835 9903 3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 284DEG 21KT 3821 9914 

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

RBURG
009 
WWUS53 KDDC 260455
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1155 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

KSC165-260504-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-161026T0515Z/
RUSH KS-
1155 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3817 9892 3810 9929 3821 9941 3834 9929
      3835 9903 3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 295DEG 32KT 3817 9904 

$$

KSC145-260515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-161026T0515Z/
PAWNEE KS-
1155 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 1154 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
LARNED...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
LARNED...ASH VALLEY...SANFORD...FRIZELL AND FORT LARNED HISTORIC
SITE.

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 3817 9892 3810 9929 3821 9941 3834 9929
      3835 9903 3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 295DEG 32KT 3817 9904 

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

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman54 min
Oct 25, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush42 min
Oct 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush45 min
Oct 25, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush63 min
Oct 25, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards53 min
Oct 26, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford64 min
Oct 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford20 min
Oct 26, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber64 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.