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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 10:33 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 10:56 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

161 
WUUS53 KDDC 230333
SVRDDC
KSC171-230430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0055.160523T0333Z-160523T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1033 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
  SCOTT CITY AND MODOC. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 10073 3842 10113 3861 10113 3870 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 256DEG 9KT 3852 10112 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
260 
WWUS53 KDDC 230356
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

KSC171-230406-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160523T0430Z/
SCOTT KS-
1056 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY 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 SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3843 10073 3842 10113 3861 10113 3870 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 256DEG 9KT 3853 10105 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny54 min
May 22, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny29 min
May 22, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott45 min
May 22, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens29 min
May 22, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny22 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott32 min
May 22, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott36 min
May 22, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade42 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott30 min
May 22, 8:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott9 hr
May 22, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott31 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott49 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord45 min
May 23, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa53 min
May 23, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.