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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 10:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 15, 2016, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 15, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

615 
WUUS53 KDDC 160302
SVRDDC
KSC067-075-093-187-160345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.160416T0302Z-160416T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1002 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/

* AT 1001 PM CDT/901 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY
  NEAR JOHNSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY AND BIG BOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3750 10169 3772 10187 3792 10136 3768 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 237DEG 24KT 3758 10173 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

GERARD

3 follow-up statements

306 
WUUS53 KDDC 160304 CCA
SVRDDC
KSC067-075-093-187-160345-
/O.COR.KDDC.SV.W.0007.160416T0302Z-160416T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1004 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/

* AT 1002 PM CDT/902 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  JOHNSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY AND BIG BOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3750 10169 3772 10187 3792 10136 3768 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 237DEG 24KT 3758 10173 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD

969 
WWUS53 KDDC 160329
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

KSC075-187-160338-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160416T0345Z/
HAMILTON KS-STANTON KS-

1029 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3792 10136 3768 10116 3760 10150 3777 10153
      3782 10153 3783 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 225DEG 26KT 3775 10140 

$$

KSC067-093-160345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160416T0345Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
1029 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 1028 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
ULYSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL SEND YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10136 3768 10116 3760 10150 3777 10153
      3782 10153 3783 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 225DEG 26KT 3775 10140 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD

195 
WWUS53 KDDC 160346 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1046 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

KSC067-093-160356-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160416T0345Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
1046 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY AND
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3792 10136 3768 10116 3760 10150 3777 10153
      3782 10153 3783 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 237DEG 24KT 3775 10140 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Morton, Stevens	24 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	46 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton	25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	50 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	8 hr
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Haskell	6 hr
Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	57 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.