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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2016Finney County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2016, 4:27 PM CDT for Finney County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 16, 2016, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

731 
WUUS53 KDDC 162127
SVRDDC
KSC055-171-162215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0046.160516T2127Z-160516T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF FRIEND...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...
  FRIEND AND SHALLOW WATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 10078 3815 10098 3838 10091 3819 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 222DEG 21KT 3815 10079 

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

$$

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4 follow-up statements

357 
WWUS53 KDDC 162139
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
439 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

KSC055-171-162215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160516T2215Z/
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-
439 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
FRIEND...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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 10078 3812 10092 3831 10082 3819 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 222DEG 21KT 3821 10072 

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

$$

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036 
WWUS53 KDDC 162152
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
452 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

KSC171-162201-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160516T2215Z/
SCOTT KS-

452 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3819 10058 3804 10077 3809 10085 3826 10080
      3826 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 222DEG 21KT 3826 10066 

$$

KSC055-162215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160516T2215Z/
FINNEY KS-
452 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF
FRIEND...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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10058 3804 10077 3809 10085 3826 10080
      3826 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 222DEG 21KT 3826 10066 

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

$$

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307 
WWUS53 KDDC 162205
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
505 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

KSC055-162215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160516T2215Z/
FINNEY KS-
505 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
AMY...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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10058 3812 10070 3816 10076 3822 10075
      3826 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 222DEG 21KT 3832 10059 

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

$$

TURNER

855 
WWUS53 KDDC 162211
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
511 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

KSC055-162220-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160516T2215Z/
FINNEY KS-
511 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS SLOWLY
WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3819 10058 3812 10070 3816 10076 3822 10075
      3826 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 222DEG 21KT 3832 10059 

$$

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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 16, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	51 min
May 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	49 min
May 16, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	27 min
May 16, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	37 min
May 16, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	46 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.