Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 9:09 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 13 Ene Richfield, KS | |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ene Johnson City, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
144
WUUS53 KDDC 160209
SVRDDC
KSC129-187-189-160300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0005.160416T0209Z-160416T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 908 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
RICHFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST STANTON COUNTY FROM BACA COUNTY COLORADO.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...BIG BOW AND THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3773 10204 3773 10153 3728 10153 3736 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 187DEG 27KT 3739 10178
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
638
WWUS53 KDDC 160247
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
947 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016
KSC129-187-189-160300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160416T0300Z/
MORTON KS-STANTON KS-STEVENS KS-
947 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MORTON...STANTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES...
AT 946 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...BIG BOW AND THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3773 10204 3773 10153 3728 10153 3736 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 222DEG 28KT 3755 10171
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Haskell | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 57 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.