Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 6:44 PM CDT for Finney County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| May 22, 7:13 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 11 Nne Deerfield, KS | |
| May 22, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Nnw Holcomb, KS | LARGE VARIABILITY IN SIZE |
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 |
| May 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
274
WUUS53 KDDC 222344
SVRDDC
KSC055-171-230030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0050.160522T2344Z-160523T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 FRIEND.
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 3788 10081 3792 10109 3834 10110 3832 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 197DEG 18KT 3795 10102
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
286
WWUS53 KDDC 230008
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC055-171-230030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160523T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY AND FRIEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3798 10081 3803 10109 3834 10110 3832 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 197DEG 18KT 3807 10098
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 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, 6:56 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.