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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- May 26, 2016, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Kingsdown, KS | |
| May 26, 2:13 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Sw Centerview, KS | SHORT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
467
WUUS53 KDDC 261841
SVRDDC
KSC025-047-057-097-261930-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0093.160526T1841Z-160526T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 141 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF KINGSDOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH 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...
BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...FORD...WINDHORST AND KINGSDOWN.
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 SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3738 9966 3753 9988 3790 9963 3766 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 218DEG 25KT 3750 9969
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
705
WWUS53 KDDC 261907
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
207 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC025-047-057-097-261930-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160526T1930Z/
FORD KS-EDWARDS KS-CLARK KS-KIOWA KS-
207 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
AT 207 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...FORD...WINDHORST AND KINGSDOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3738 9966 3753 9988 3790 9963 3766 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 218DEG 25KT 3764 9955
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER402
WWUS53 KDDC 261930
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
230 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC025-047-057-097-261939-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160526T1930Z/
FORD KS-EDWARDS KS-CLARK KS-KIOWA KS-
230 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN
EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3738 9966 3753 9988 3790 9963 3766 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 218DEG 25KT 3764 9955
$$
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, 1:20 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, 1:43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.