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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 8:56 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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
May 8, 9:11 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Sse Ransom, KS
May 8, 9:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	6 Sse Ransom, KS
May 8, 9:18 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	6 Sse Ransom, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

050 
WUUS53 KDDC 090156
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-090300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0033.160509T0156Z-160509T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  NESS CITY...RANSOM...BROWNELL AND CEDAR BLUFF. 

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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3875 9960 3870 9960 3869 9959 3864 9959
      3841 9994 3846 10006 3881 9990 3881 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 212DEG 23KT 3848 9997 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

253 
WWUS53 KDDC 090216
SVSDDC

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

KSC135-195-090300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160509T0300Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
916 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RANSOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTER REPORTED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RANSOM...BROWNELL AND CEDAR BLUFF. 

GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 7 MILES NORTH OF NESS CITY AT AROUND 912 PM.

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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3875 9960 3870 9960 3869 9959 3864 9959
      3852 9984 3857 9994 3881 9990 3881 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 214DEG 26KT 3860 9985 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

335 
WWUS53 KDDC 090242
SVSDDC

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

KSC135-195-090300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160509T0300Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
942 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTIES...

AT 942 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...
MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
CEDAR BLUFF.

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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3878 9964 3870 9971 3864 9977 3868 9982
      3880 9983 3881 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 212DEG 23KT 3875 9973 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

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, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	53 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, 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.