Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Hayne, KS | LOCATION ESTIMATED BY RADAR |
| May 24, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ne Hayne, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 242221
SVRDDC
KSC119-175-242300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0064.160524T2221Z-160524T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
521 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
HAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH 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 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 MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3708 10094 3726 10066 3706 10046 3700 10063
3700 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 237DEG 15KT 3705 10081
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 242233 RRA
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
533 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
KSC119-175-242300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160524T2300Z/
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
533 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTIES...
AT 533 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERAL...KISMET AND HAYNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3708 10094 3726 10066 3706 10046 3700 10063
3700 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 237DEG 15KT 3708 10076
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| May 23, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 49 min |
| May 23, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 53 min |
| May 24, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 24, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 25 min |
| May 24, 12:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 12 hr |
| May 24, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 18 hr |
| May 24, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 54 min |
| May 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 51 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness, Trego | 65 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 17 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| May 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 19 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 49 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 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.