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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 5:27 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 29 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 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

888 
WUUS53 KDDC 242227
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-083-242315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0066.160524T2227Z-160524T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  CIMARRON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 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...
  CIMARRON.

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 3772 10021 3780 10042 3797 10041 3799 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 183DEG 12KT 3782 10032 

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

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
390 
WWUS53 KDDC 242244 RRA
SVSDDC

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

KSC057-069-083-242254-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160524T2315Z/
GRAY KS-FORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAY...
NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3772 10021 3780 10042 3797 10041 3799 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 183DEG 12KT 3753 10010 

$$

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, 5:16 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, 5:36 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.