Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 6:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 222259
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-081-222345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.160522T2259Z-160522T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
559 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
WESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 559 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
TICE...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...
PIERCEVILLE...COPELAND...INGALLS...CHARLESTON AND TICE.
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 3748 10061 3754 10088 3798 10074 3788 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 203DEG 27KT 3760 10072
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
631
WWUS53 KDDC 222318
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
618 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-069-081-222345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160522T2345Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
618 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL
COUNTIES...
AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
COPELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIERCEVILLE...INGALLS AND CHARLESTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3758 10058 3767 10080 3798 10074 3788 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 202DEG 22KT 3769 10067
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD762
WWUS53 KDDC 222331
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
631 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-069-081-222341-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160522T2345Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
631 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY...
NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3758 10058 3767 10080 3798 10074 3788 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 203DEG 27KT 3778 10062
$$
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, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 51 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 |
Nearby
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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.