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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 9, 2016Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 8 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 9, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 2:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	1 W Medicine Lodge, KS
May 9, 2:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Ssw Sharon, KS	WASN'T HOME AT THE TIME OF EVENT BUT QUARTERS STILL REMAINED WHEN ARRIVING HOME. MOST LIKELY LARGER HAIL.
May 9, 2:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Ssw Sharon, KS	WASN'T HOME AT THE TIME OF EVENT BUT QUARTERS STILL REMAINED WHEN ARRIVING HOME. MOST LIKELY LARGER HAIL.
May 9, 3:18 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	1 W Medicine Lodge, KS
May 9, 3:18 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	1 Wnw Medicine Lodge, KS
May 9, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 Wnw Sharon, KS
May 9, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2	1 Sw Sharon, KS	2 INCH HAIL ESTIMATED BY PUBLIC
May 9, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2	9 Ese Medicine Lodge, KS	2 INCH HAIL ESTIMATED BY PUBLIC

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

485 
WUUS53 KDDC 091921
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-092015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0040.160509T1921Z-160509T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
221 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 220 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE 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...
  MEDICINE LODGE...SHARON AND ISABEL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3725 9874 3777 9847 3739 9846 3738 9835
      3714 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 207DEG 29KT 3728 9860 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

780 
WWUS53 KDDC 091952
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
252 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

KSC007-151-092015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160509T2015Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
252 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRATT AND NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
NASHVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ISABEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...UP TO HALF OF A DOLLAR SIZE 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...
SHARON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 9857 3777 9847 3739 9846 3738 9835
      3714 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 207DEG 29KT 3751 9845 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HOVORKA

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, 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, 2:49 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.