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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 8:00 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 Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

438 
WUUS53 KDDC 250016
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-195-250100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.160525T0016Z-160525T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  BEELER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  RANSOM...UTICA...ALAMOTA...ARNOLD AND BEELER. 

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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3859 9977 3832 10023 3846 10042 3870 10028
      3870 10015 3884 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 230DEG 20KT 3843 10020 

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

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford45 min
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford45 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa41 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward23 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego53 min
May 24, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee47 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 min
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord26 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt56 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman11 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman2 min
May 24, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness9 min
May 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward12 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman48 min
May 24, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt29 min
May 24, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman9 min
May 24, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush49 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards33 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt31 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber22 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego49 min
May 24, 8:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford32 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt46 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness8 min
May 24, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush34 min
May 24, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush32 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford24 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford57 min
May 24, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt35 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford29 min
May 24, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord42 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford61 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford3 hr
May 24, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford3 hr
May 24, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards40 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee12 min
May 24, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards43 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford37 min
May 24, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford52 min
May 24, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee24 min
May 24, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee30 min
May 25, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee43 min
May 25, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford51 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush15 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford41 min
May 25, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford36 min
May 25, 12:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPratt, Stafford12 hr

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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.