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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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 26, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 1:08 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WUUS53 KDDC 261756
SVRDDC
KSC033-261845-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0089.160526T1756Z-160526T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1256 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
  BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3706 9954 3709 9954 3727 9940 3710 9912
      3700 9932 3700 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 224DEG 36KT 3709 9939 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements

829 
WWUS53 KDDC 261801
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
101 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC033-261845-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160526T1845Z/
COMANCHE KS-
101 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...

AT 101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9951 3710 9952 3727 9940 3714 9919
      3703 9931 3703 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 218DEG 37KT 3715 9935 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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047 
WWUS53 KDDC 261808
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
108 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC033-261818-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160526T1845Z/
COMANCHE KS-
108 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
TEH WARNED AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3709 9951 3710 9952 3727 9940 3714 9919
      3703 9931 3703 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 224DEG 36KT 3720 9929 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	55 min
May 26, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	46 min
May 26, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	43 min
May 26, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	24 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	49 min
May 26, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	47 min
May 26, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	48 min
May 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	34 min
May 26, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	31 min
May 26, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	30 min
May 26, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	34 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	46 min
May 26, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	25 min
May 26, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	39 min
May 26, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa	47 min
May 26, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	10 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	36 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	34 min
May 26, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	55 min
May 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	45 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	17 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	22 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	41 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	50 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	56 min
May 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 min
May 26, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	47 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	39 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	64 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	49 min
May 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	24 min
May 26, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	67 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	46 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	48 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	16 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark	37 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	50 min
May 26, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	12 min
May 26, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	43 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.