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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 26, 2016Barber County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

SUGDEN
3 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

$$

SUGDEN
273 
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

$$

SUGDEN
792 
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 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens43 min
Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward, Stevens50 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.