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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2016Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2016, 10:44 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
May 8, 2016, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

351 
WUUS53 KDDC 090344
SVRDDC
KSC195-090430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0036.160509T0344Z-160509T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1044 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1043 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  TREGO CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEENEY...OGALLAH...RIGA...CEDAR BLUFF AND TREGO CENTER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9960 3870 10009 3889 10006 3913 9977
      3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 246DEG 16KT 3880 9993 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
2 follow-up statements
266 
WWUS53 KDDC 090358
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1058 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC195-090430-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160509T0430Z/
TREGO KS-
1058 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...

AT 1057 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TREGO CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OGALLAH...RIGA...CEDAR BLUFF AND TREGO CENTER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9960 3870 10009 3887 10003 3911 9970
      3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 246DEG 17KT 3885 9982 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
167 
WWUS53 KDDC 090425
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC195-090434-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160509T0430Z/
TREGO KS-
1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM AS IT CROSSES EASTERN TREGO COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

LAT...LON 3870 9960 3870 10009 3887 10003 3911 9970
      3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 246DEG 16KT 3885 9982 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego19 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis51 min
May 8, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber53 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis, Rush7 hr
May 8, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego17 min
May 8, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford55 min
May 8, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess39 min
May 8, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego64 min
May 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego57 min
May 8, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush26 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis35 min
May 8, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis52 min
May 8, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis23 min
May 8, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis39 min
May 9, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis24 min
May 9, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
May 9, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton43 min
May 9, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber57 min
May 9, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt54 min
May 9, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber56 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber45 min
May 9, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber55 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray38 min
May 9, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush49 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.