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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2016Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 23, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 23, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

039 
WUUS53 KDDC 232252
SVRDDC
KSC033-097-232345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0056.160523T2252Z-160523T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
552 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
  COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLDWATER...WILMORE AND LAKE COLDWATER. 

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3716 9923 3721 9947 3749 9930 3733 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 227DEG 13KT 3722 9934 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
2 follow-up statements
599 
WWUS53 KDDC 232302
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
602 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

KSC033-097-232345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160523T2345Z/
COMANCHE KS-KIOWA KS-
602 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...WILMORE AND LAKE COLDWATER. 

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3719 9920 3722 9939 3749 9930 3733 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 227DEG 13KT 3725 9930 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RBURG
308 
WWUS53 KDDC 232338
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
638 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

KSC033-097-232348-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160523T2345Z/
COMANCHE KS-KIOWA KS-
638 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3719 9920 3722 9939 3749 9930 3733 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 227DEG 13KT 3725 9930 

$$

RBURG

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, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott23 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord45 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.