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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2016Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 5:34 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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 22, 2016, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 5:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 Ssw Tice, 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
May 22, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WUUS53 KDDC 222234
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-222330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0047.160522T2234Z-160522T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
534 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  TICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...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...
  CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...COPELAND...INGALLS...TICE AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. 

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 SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3741 10082 3790 10046 3772 10021 3768 10021
      3738 10059
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 217DEG 28KT 3743 10071 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
898 
WWUS53 KDDC 222303
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
603 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

KSC069-081-119-222310-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160522T2330Z/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
603 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRAY...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3741 10082 3790 10046 3772 10021 3768 10021
      3738 10059
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 217DEG 28KT 3760 10055 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell47 min
May 22, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell38 min
May 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny51 min
May 22, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell32 min
May 22, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny26 min
May 22, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott46 min
May 22, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney16 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.