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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 25, 2016Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2016, 10:05 AM CST for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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: Dec 25, 2016, 10:05 AM CST (16:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2016, 10:36 AM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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
Dec 25, 10:22 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 55	3 S Jetmore, KS	SPOTTER REPORTED 50-60 MPH WIND
Dec 25, 10:22 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 55	3 S Jetmore, KS	SPOTTER REPORTED 50-60 MPH WIND.
Dec 25, 10:33 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 61	7 Se Hanston, KS
Dec 25, 10:33 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 61	7 S Gray, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 25 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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 477 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 492 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

206 
WUUS53 KDDC 251605
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-251700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0293.161225T1605Z-161225T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1005 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1100 AM CST

* At 1005 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
  of Wright, or 7 miles northeast of Dodge City, moving northeast at
  50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Jetmore, Spearville, Hanston, Wright, Bellefont, Gray, Windhorst,
  Hain State Lake, Ford State Lake, 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 3798 10009 3826 9960 3826 9959 3770 9957
      3768 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 219DEG 45KT 3785 9994 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

100 
WWUS53 KDDC 251622
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1022 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSC057-083-251700-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-161225T1700Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
1022 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

At 1021 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
of Hanston, or 8 miles southeast of Jetmore, moving northeast at 50
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Jetmore, Spearville, Hanston, Bellefont, Gray, Windhorst, Hain State
Lake and Hodgeman State Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9998 3826 9960 3826 9959 3770 9957
      3769 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 219DEG 45KT 3801 9977 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

170 
WWUS53 KDDC 251636
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1036 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSC057-083-251645-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-161225T1700Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
1036 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3803 9998 3826 9960 3826 9959 3770 9957
      3769 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 219DEG 45KT 3816 9962 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 4:02 AM CST	High Wind Warning	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more	14 hr
Dec 25, 6:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	41 min
Dec 25, 7:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Kearny, Stevens	46 min
Dec 25, 7:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Haskell, Scott, Seward	62 min
Dec 25, 8:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Meade	63 min
Dec 25, 9:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Trego	55 min
Dec 25, 9:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	27 min
Dec 25, 10:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Hodgeman and 5 more	66 min
Dec 25, 10:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	39 min
Dec 25, 10:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	32 min
Dec 25, 11:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa, Pawnee and 3 more	65 min
Dec 25, 11:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	18 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.