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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 25, 2016Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2016, 11:43 AM CST for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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: Dec 25, 2016, 11:43 AM CST (17:43 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2016, 12:01 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 25, 10:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

055 
WUUS53 KDDC 251743
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-251830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0296.161225T1743Z-161225T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1143 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1230 PM CST

* At 1143 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles north of
  Saint John, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pratt, Saint John, Stafford, Iuka, Preston, Hudson, Seward,
  Natrona, Neola, Cairo, Zenith, Pratt Regional Airport, Little Salt
  Marsh at Quivira Refuge, Big Salt Marsh at Quivira Refuge and Pratt
  County Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3759 9885 3826 9888 3826 9847 3757 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 256DEG 49KT 3806 9877 

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

1 follow-up statement

299 
WWUS53 KDDC 251801
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1201 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSC151-185-251811-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-161225T1830Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
1201 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
PRATT 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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 PM CST for
south central Kansas.

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

LAT...LON 3759 9885 3826 9888 3826 9847 3757 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 256DEG 49KT 3812 9846 

$$

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, 10:33 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

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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.