Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 11:43 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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, 11:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Se Ash Valley, 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 321 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 250443
SVRDDC
KSC145-250530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0087.160525T0443Z-160525T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1143 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1143 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIZELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
LARNED AND FRIZELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 9921 3819 9932 3829 9912 3815 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 238DEG 32KT 3818 9918
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
151
WWUS53 KDDC 250513
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1213 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC145-250523-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160525T0530Z/
PAWNEE KS-
1213 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3808 9921 3819 9932 3829 9912 3815 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 238DEG 32KT 3832 9889
$$
TURNERThe 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, 7:30 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 | 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 | 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 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.