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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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: May 8, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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
May 8, 8:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	13 Nw Medicine Lodge, KS
May 8, 8:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Ne Lake City, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

226 
WUUS53 KDDC 090052
SVRDDC
KSC007-090145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0030.160509T0052Z-160509T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
  AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE CITY...SUN CITY AND AETNA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3701 9900 3746 9900 3746 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9841 3700 9873 3700 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 206DEG 38KT 3709 9881 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

838 
WWUS53 KDDC 090105
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
805 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC007-090145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160509T0145Z/
BARBER KS-
805 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 805 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE CITY AND SUN CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3710 9900 3746 9900 3746 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9841 3719 9863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 204DEG 42KT 3724 9874 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

878 
WWUS53 KDDC 090138
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
838 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC007-090148-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160509T0145Z/
BARBER KS-
838 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3710 9900 3746 9900 3746 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9841 3719 9863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 206DEG 38KT 3724 9874 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	19 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	51 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	7 hr
May 8, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	17 min
May 8, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
May 8, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	39 min
May 8, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	64 min
May 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	57 min
May 8, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	26 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	46 min
May 8, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	52 min
May 8, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	23 min
May 8, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	39 min
May 9, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	24 min
May 9, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	47 min
May 9, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	43 min
May 9, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	57 min
May 9, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	54 min
May 9, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	56 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	45 min
May 9, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	55 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	38 min
May 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	49 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	49 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.