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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 6 reports 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 24, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 Nw Minneola, KS
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 N Minneola, KS
May 24, 5:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 Nw Minneola, KS
May 24, 5:54 PM CDTTORNADO9 Nw Minneola, KSBRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED.
May 24, 6:04 PM CDTTORNADO7 Ese Ensign, KSCONE TORNADO ON THE GROUND
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTTORNADO8 Ese Ensign, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 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
2293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WUUS53 KDDC 242216
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-069-119-242300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0063.160524T2216Z-160524T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
  FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  MINNEOLA...ENSIGN...BLOOM AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. 

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 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3745 10032 3770 10030 3770 9999 3754 9973
      3739 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 214DEG 19KT 3746 10019 

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

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
150 
WWUS53 KDDC 242229
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

KSC025-069-119-242238-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160524T2300Z/
GRAY KS-CLARK KS-MEADE KS-

529 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTIES 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 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3748 10020 3762 10021 3770 9999 3754 9973
      3747 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 214DEG 19KT 3752 10014 

$$

KSC057-242300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160524T2300Z/
FORD KS-
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...

AT 528 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY.

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 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3748 10020 3762 10021 3770 9999 3754 9973
      3747 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 214DEG 19KT 3752 10014 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SUGDEN

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, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis25 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, 5:21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.