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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:20 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 2:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
683
WUUS53 KDDC 261820
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-047-097-151-261915-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0092.160526T1820Z-160526T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
120 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...
SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 120 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH 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...
PRATT...COLDWATER...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...CULLISON...WILMORE...CROFT...
WELLSFORD...BELVIDERE AND LAKE COLDWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3721 9919 3728 9947 3779 9925 3764 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 205DEG 41KT 3745 9927
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER3 follow-up statements
987
WWUS53 KDDC 261826
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
126 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC007-033-047-097-151-261915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160526T1915Z/
COMANCHE KS-PRATT KS-EDWARDS KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
126 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTH CENTRAL
EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 126 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...CULLISON...WILMORE...CROFT...WELLSFORD AND
BELVIDERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3727 9914 3733 9945 3779 9925 3764 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 205DEG 41KT 3752 9923
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER989
WWUS53 KDDC 261833
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
133 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC007-033-047-097-151-261915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160526T1915Z/
COMANCHE KS-PRATT KS-EDWARDS KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
133 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTH CENTRAL
EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 133 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
HAVILAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...CULLISON...CROFT...WELLSFORD AND
BELVIDERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3734 9911 3737 9942 3779 9925 3764 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 205DEG 41KT 3759 9919
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER068
WWUS53 KDDC 261903
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
203 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC007-033-047-097-151-261913-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160526T1915Z/
COMANCHE KS-PRATT KS-EDWARDS KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
203 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE...
SOUTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND
KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENDD AND
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3734 9911 3737 9942 3779 9925 3764 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 205DEG 41KT 3791 9900
$$
TURNERThe 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, 1:05 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, 1:36 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.