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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 65 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, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5:48 PM CDTTORNADO1 E Pendennis, KSBRIEF TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND 10 SECONDS.
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTTORNADO11 Sse Beeler, KSTORNADO ON THE GROUND. LOCATION ESTIMATED BY RADAR

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

955 
WUUS53 KDDC 242225
SVRDDC
KSC055-101-135-195-242330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0065.160524T2225Z-160524T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ALAMOTA...MOVING EAST 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...
  DIGHTON...UTICA...ALAMOTA...BEELER...SHIELDS...PENDENNIS AND ARNOLD. 

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 3881 10012 3832 9986 3823 10042 3856 10056
      3870 10031 3870 10016 3879 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 250DEG 18KT 3842 10037 

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

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
092 
WWUS53 KDDC 242244
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-242253-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160524T2330Z/
FINNEY KS-

544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY 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 3832 9986 3826 10028 3826 10036 3857 10048
      3870 10031 3870 10016 3879 10015 3881 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 223DEG 36KT 3846 10032 

$$

KSC101-135-195-242330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160524T2330Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TREGO...EASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
ALAMOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
UTICA...ALAMOTA...ARNOLD...BEELER AND PENDENNIS. 

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 3832 9986 3826 10028 3826 10036 3857 10048
      3870 10031 3870 10016 3879 10015 3881 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 223DEG 36KT 3846 10032 

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

$$

FINCH

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, 5:16 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, 5:27 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.