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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2016Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:05 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

067 
WUUS53 KDDC 261805
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-261900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0090.160526T1805Z-160526T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 105 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLDWATER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...WILMORE AND LAKE COLDWATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9925 3724 9943 3751 9923 3732 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 218DEG 37KT 3725 9928 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

971 
WWUS53 KDDC 261811
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-261900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160526T1900Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
111 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE...WEST CENTRAL BARBER AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTIES...

AT 110 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WILMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH 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...
COLDWATER...WILMORE AND LAKE COLDWATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9925 3724 9943 3751 9923 3732 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 218DEG 37KT 3730 9923 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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751 
WWUS53 KDDC 261854
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-261903-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160526T1900Z/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
154 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE...WEST
CENTRAL BARBER AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM
CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3715 9925 3724 9943 3751 9923 3732 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 218DEG 37KT 3730 9923 

$$

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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, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	12 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.