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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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
May 24, 7:36 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 S Jetmore, KS
May 24, 7:39 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 S Jetmore, KS
May 24, 7:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 S Jetmore, KS
May 24, 7:46 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 S Jetmore, 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 340 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: 484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

664 
WUUS53 KDDC 250030
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-250130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0074.160525T0030Z-160525T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
  JETMORE.

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 3800 10029 3826 10009 3826 10003 3794 9962
      3782 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 190DEG 17KT 3795 10003 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

851 
WWUS53 KDDC 250104
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-057-069-250114-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160525T0130Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-

804 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN
GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES 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 3805 10021 3826 10009 3826 10003 3804 9975
      3800 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 190DEG 17KT 3811 9999 

$$

KSC083-250130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160525T0130Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
804 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...

AT 804 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JETMORE.

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 3805 10021 3826 10009 3826 10003 3804 9975
      3800 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 190DEG 17KT 3811 9999 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...80MPH

$$

SUGDEN

201 
WWUS53 KDDC 250118
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-250128-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160525T0130Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
818 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3805 10021 3826 10009 3826 10003 3804 9975
      3800 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 190DEG 17KT 3818 9997 

$$

SUGDEN

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	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	56 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, 7:31 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.