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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2016Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
Apr 15, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 9:17 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Wilburton, KSROPE TORNADO REPORTED
Apr 15, 9:19 PM CDTHAIL 27 Ssw Richfield, KSDELAYED REPORT FROM YESTERDAY'S STORMS.
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDTHAIL 12 Ne Wilburton, KS
Apr 15, 9:37 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 E Richfield, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

327 
WUUS53 KDDC 160144
SVRDDC
KSC129-160230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.160416T0144Z-160416T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
844 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  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...
  ELKHART...RICHFIELD AND WILBURTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3737 10204 3738 10179 3724 10156 3723 10156
      3699 10185 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 223DEG 24KT 3704 10203 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
216 
WWUS53 KDDC 160203
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
903 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

KSC129-160230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160416T0230Z/
MORTON KS-
903 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR MORTON COUNTY...

AT 902 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. OTHER
         STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 70 MPH WINDS
         WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN MORTON COUNTY FROM SOUTHEAST
         COLORADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD AND WILBURTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3737 10204 3738 10179 3724 10156 3723 10156
      3699 10185 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 223DEG 26KT 3712 10194 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens41 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMorton, Stevens24 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stevens31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens50 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton43 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMorton12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray39 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton8 hr
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell6 hr
Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant57 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.