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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 4:41 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 24, 2016, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 5:06 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 24, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2915 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 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
2915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
15.2

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WUUS53 KDDC 240941
SVRDDC
KSC051-241030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0060.160524T0941Z-160524T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 441 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF NATOMA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF EMMERAM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3888 9923 3913 9935 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 251DEG 25KT 3909 9909 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
928 
WWUS53 KDDC 241006
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
506 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

KSC051-241015-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-160524T1030Z/
ELLIS KS-
506 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3888 9923 3913 9935 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 251DEG 25KT 3915 9888 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche47 min
May 23, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark50 min
May 23, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche49 min
May 23, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego53 min
May 24, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis44 min
May 24, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego42 min
May 24, 12:17 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego12 hr
May 24, 2:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego18 hr
May 24, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott54 min
May 24, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott26 min
May 24, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott37 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott51 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott48 min
May 24, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade44 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward39 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade24 min
May 24, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Ness, Trego65 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman17 min
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade, Seward39 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego51 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord34 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness44 min
May 24, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness39 min
May 24, 5:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCMeade, Seward23 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness40 min
May 24, 6:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCFord36 min
May 24, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego48 min
May 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward44 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward43 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFord36 min
May 24, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa50 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatDDCFord19 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness49 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward41 min
May 24, 6:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman35 min
May 24, 6:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCLane, Ness, Rush, Trego48 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.