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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2016Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 8:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Sawyer, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 1931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 11.9

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The text

As transmitted.

518 
WUUS53 KDDC 250019
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-250115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0072.160525T0019Z-160525T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
719 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  SAWYER...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...SAWYER...ISABEL AND LAKE CITY. 

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 SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3724 9859 3731 9886 3768 9876 3761 9847
      3740 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 199DEG 39KT 3744 9868 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

036 
WWUS53 KDDC 250040
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-151-250115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRATT AND NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR CAIRO...
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...SAWYER AND ISABEL. 

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 SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3727 9859 3736 9883 3768 9876 3761 9847
      3740 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 199DEG 39KT 3765 9859 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

761 
WWUS53 KDDC 250105
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-151-250115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
805 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRATT AND NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 805 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZENITH...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...THREE INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED. 
         EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...SAWYER AND ISABEL. 

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 SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3727 9859 3736 9883 3768 9876 3761 9847
      3740 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 199DEG 39KT 3792 9847 

HAIL...3.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	41 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	23 min
May 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	53 min
May 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	47 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	46 min
May 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	26 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	44 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	11 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	2 min
May 24, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	9 min
May 24, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	12 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	48 min
May 24, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	29 min
May 24, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	9 min
May 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	49 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards	33 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Kiowa, Pratt	31 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	22 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
May 24, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	32 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	46 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Ness	8 min
May 24, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	34 min
May 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	32 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	24 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	57 min
May 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	35 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	29 min
May 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	42 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	61 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	3 hr
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	3 hr
May 24, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	40 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	12 min
May 24, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	43 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	37 min
May 24, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 min
May 24, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	24 min
May 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	30 min
May 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	43 min
May 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	51 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	15 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	41 min
May 25, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	36 min
May 25, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.