Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 9 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 22, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 22, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ssw Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 6:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 S Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 6:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 S Deerfield, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORT 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS SOUTHWEST OF HOLCOMB. THE LOCATION OF THESE FUNNELS WERE ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 22, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Wnw Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ese Holcomb, KS | |
| May 22, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Holcomb, KS | |
| May 22, 6:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Holcomb, KS | KWCH12 STORM CHASER REPORTED A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS SOUTH OF HOLCOMB. LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 22, 6:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ssw Holcomb, KS | KWCH12 STORM CHASER REPORTED A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS SOUTH OF HOLCOMB. LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
859
WUUS53 KDDC 222254
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-222345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0048.160522T2254Z-160522T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
EASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB AND DEERFIELD.
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 3822 10124 3824 10082 3813 10058 3774 10094
3774 10097 3783 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 206DEG 27KT 3787 10106
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
455
WWUS53 KDDC 222311
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
611 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-222345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160522T2345Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
611 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FINNEY AND EASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...
AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB AND DEERFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3822 10124 3824 10082 3813 10058 3779 10093
3784 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 191DEG 21KT 3793 10112
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD483
WWUS53 KDDC 222325
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-093-222345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160522T2345Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...
AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB AND DEERFIELD.
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 3821 10121 3824 10082 3813 10058 3782 10092
3789 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 195DEG 20KT 3803 10108
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 32 min |
| May 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 26 min |
| May 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 16 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.