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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2016Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 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, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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, 8:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	12 W Friend, KS	BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED BY KWCH CHASER

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 15.7

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The text

As transmitted.

462 
WUUS53 KDDC 230030
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-230115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0052.160523T0030Z-160523T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
730 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...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST 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...
  FRIEND AND SHALLOW WATER. 

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 3827 10112 3841 10113 3841 10078 3807 10095
      3806 10122 3826 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 196DEG 17KT 3812 10107 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

611 
WWUS53 KDDC 230054
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-093-171-230115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-SCOTT KS-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHERN SCOTT
COUNTIES...

AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
FRIEND...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

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...
FRIEND AND SHALLOW WATER. 

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 3827 10112 3841 10113 3841 10078 3816 10091
      3816 10122 3826 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 196DEG 20KT 3825 10102 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	54 min
May 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	29 min
May 22, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	29 min
May 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kearny	22 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	32 min
May 22, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	36 min
May 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	42 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	30 min
May 22, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	9 hr
May 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	31 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	49 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	23 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	45 min
May 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	53 min
May 23, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	38 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.