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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 25, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2016, 10:33 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2016, 11:12 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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, 10:33 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

204 
WUUS53 KDDC 251633
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-145-251730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0294.161225T1633Z-161225T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1033 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...
  Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
  Eastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1130 AM CST

* At 1033 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
  of Offerle, or 11 miles west of Kinsley, moving northeast at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Larned, Kinsley, Burdett, Hanston, Offerle, Garfield, Rozel, Ash
  Valley, Zook, Gray, 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3781 9961 3824 9977 3826 9960 3826 9959
      3827 9958 3834 9904 3832 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9900 3811 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 236DEG 41KT 3798 9961 

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

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

388 
WWUS53 KDDC 251648
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1048 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSC057-083-251658-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-161225T1730Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
1048 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3784 9955 3812 9953 3822 9955 3827 9958
      3834 9904 3832 9903 3826 9903 3826 9900
      3811 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 236DEG 41KT 3808 9943 

$$

KSC047-145-251730-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-161225T1730Z/
Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
1048 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST
FOR PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

At 1048 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Rozel, or 10 miles north of Kinsley, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Larned, Kinsley, Burdett, Garfield, Rozel, Ash Valley, Zook, 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 9955 3812 9953 3822 9955 3827 9958
      3834 9904 3832 9903 3826 9903 3826 9900
      3811 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 236DEG 41KT 3808 9943 

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

SUGDEN

679 
WWUS53 KDDC 251712
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1112 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSC047-145-251722-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-161225T1730Z/
Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
1112 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 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 3784 9955 3812 9953 3822 9955 3827 9958
      3834 9904 3832 9903 3826 9903 3826 9900
      3811 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 236DEG 41KT 3823 9914 

$$

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, 10:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	31 min
Dec 25, 10:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Hodgeman and 5 more	66 min
Dec 25, 10:45 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.