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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2005Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2005, 6:04 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 15, 2005, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.512 W Trego Center, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2005-06-15Temperature 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 2005-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 152304
SVRDDC
KSC195-152345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.050615T2304Z-050615T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
604 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF TREGO CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...
  TREGO CENTER...
  CEDAR BLUFF...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3894 10016 3875 10015 3877 9962 3901 9965

$$

RITTERLING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152320
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
619 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

KSC195-152345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050615T2345Z/
TREGO KS-
619 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLLYER...
AND NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...
  TREGO CENTER...
  
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3894 10016 3875 10015 3877 9962 3901 9965

$$

&

KRUSE
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152333
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
631 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

KSC195-152345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050615T2345Z/
TREGO KS-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VODA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...
  WAKEENEY...

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE OR 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN 
REPORTED IN 6 MILES SOUTH OF COLLYER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3894 10016 3875 10015 3877 9962 3901 9965

$$

&

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego45 min
Jun 15, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min

Nearby

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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.