Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 7:31 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 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, 7:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ssw Woods, KS | LOCATION ESTIMATED BY 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 230031
SVRDDC
KSC175-189-230115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0053.160523T0031Z-160523T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MOSCOW...WOODS AND HAYNE.
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 3700 10134 3732 10132 3736 10064 3700 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 217DEG 31KT 3694 10119
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RBURG3 follow-up statements
891
WWUS53 KDDC 230043
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC175-189-230115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN STEVENS AND SEWARD COUNTIES...
AT 743 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERAL...KISMET...WOODS AND HAYNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3700 10119 3733 10119 3736 10064 3700 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 227DEG 20KT 3705 10106
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG521
WWUS53 KDDC 230054 RRA
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC189-230103-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
STEVENS KS-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3700 10105 3724 10106 3736 10064 3700 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 217DEG 31KT 3713 10099
$$
KSC175-230115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
SEWARD KS-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SEWARD COUNTY...
AT 753 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERAL...KISMET AND HAYNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3700 10105 3724 10106 3736 10064 3700 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 217DEG 31KT 3713 10099
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG294
WWUS53 KDDC 230100
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
KSC175-230110-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
SEWARD KS-
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3700 10105 3724 10106 3736 10064 3700 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 217DEG 31KT 3718 10094
$$
RBURGThe 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 45 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 | 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.