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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Hazelton, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203
WUUS53 KDDC 262358
SVRDDC
KSC007-270045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0009.160426T2358Z-160427T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
658 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
KIOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
KIOWA...SHARON AND HAZELTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9860 3738 9843 3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 204DEG 33KT 3695 9851
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN3 follow-up statements
216
WWUS53 KDDC 270017
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
717 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
KSC007-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0045Z/
BARBER KS-
717 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...
AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
HAZELTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIOWA AND HAZELTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9860 3719 9850 3721 9848 3723 9845
3724 9841 3724 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 211DEG 27KT 3708 9842
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN273
WWUS53 KDDC 270026
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
KSC007-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0045Z/
BARBER KS-
726 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...
AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
HAZELTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
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...
KIOWA AND HAZELTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9860 3719 9850 3721 9848 3723 9845
3724 9841 3724 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 204DEG 33KT 3715 9838
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN792
WWUS53 KDDC 270040
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
740 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
KSC007-270050-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0045Z/
BARBER KS-
740 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3700 9860 3719 9850 3721 9848 3723 9845
3724 9841 3724 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 204DEG 33KT 3715 9838
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward, Stevens | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.