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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2005Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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: Jul 4, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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
Jul 4, 9:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Holcomb, KS	FROM KSN WEATHER LAB
Jul 4, 9:35 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Nne Garden City, KS
Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	2 Ese Garden City, KS	MEASURED BY GARDEN CITY AIRPORT WIND SENSOR
Jul 4, 9:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 64	2 Ese Garden City, KS	MEASURED BY GARDEN CITY AIRPORT WIND SENSOR
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 77	1 Nw Garden City, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 1141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 050217
SVRDDC
KSC055-050315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0196.050705T0217Z-050705T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
917 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  GARDEN CITY...

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 3816 10046 3807 10111 3774 10108 3774 10065
      3800 10066 3800 10046

$$

LACY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050233
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
933 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSC055-050315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-050705T0315Z/
FINNEY KS-
933 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FINNEY COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PLYMELL...
  PIERCEVILLE...

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 MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3816 10046 3807 10111 3774 10108 3774 10065
      3800 10066 3800 10046

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050244
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
943 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSC055-050315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-050705T0315Z/
FINNEY KS-
943 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FINNEY COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PLYMELL...
  PIERCEVILLE...

AT 919 PM KSN WEATHER LAB IN HOLCOMB REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND GUST.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3816 10046 3807 10111 3774 10108 3774 10065
      3800 10066 3800 10046

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...
CU ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER NE CO WHERE NAM/GFS BOTH FORECAST
CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM
NE CO INTO SW KS AS OF 16Z APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME STATIONARY, 7H
BAROCLINIC ZONE AND 925-85H THTA-E AXIS ALL SUPPORT THE NAM IDEA
THAT CONVECTION WILL TRACK SE INTO OUR CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. HAVE THEREFORE FOLLOWED TIMING OF NAM WITH PCPN SPREADING
INTO OUR NW CWA AFTER SUNSET...THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
CWA THROUGH 12Z. PCPN EXITING OUR SRN CWA BETWEEN 12-15Z. SE LOW
LVL FLOW AND NW FLOW ALOFT REMAINS UNCHANGED ON TUESDAY WITH
MOISTURE AND INSTAB POINTING TO PCPN IN OUR WESTERN CWA TUESDAY
NIGHT. NAM/GFS DIFFER ON LOCATION OF INITIATION SO CONFIDENCE ON
LOCATION IS LOWER TOMORROW THAN THIS EVENING SO WILL NOT GET TOO
DETAILED IN THE GRIDS.

AS FOR TEMPS MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST TEMPS ON TUESDAY SIMILAR TO
TODAY, MAYBE A LITTLE COOLER IN THE WEST IF WE DO SEE THE RAIN AND
CLOUDS. 8H TEMPS DO WARM BETWEEN 00Z WED TO 00Z THU BUT
BASE ON E/SE UPSLOPE FLOW AND MIXING LOOKS LIKE TEMPS WILL REMAIN
IN THE 80S.

DAYS 3-7...
ALL THE SHORT RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES AS WELL AS THE DIAGNOSTICS
FROM THE CDC WEB SITE SUPPORT THE CHANGE TO A HIGHER AMPLITUDE
PATTERN OVER THE CONUS WITH A MEAN WESTERN UPPER RIDGE AND EASTERN
UPPER TROUGH. THAT WILL ESTABLISH A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME ALOFT OVER
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TUESDAY WHICH SHOULD LAST THROUGHOUT MOST OF
THE COMING FORECAST PERIOD. THE CHALLENGE WILL BE SHORT WAVES IN THE
NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT AND HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN ANY OF THE
MODEL SOLUTIONS ON THIS SCALE. CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE LATE DAY
CONVECTION FIRING OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD,
BUT STEERING OF THESE SYSTEMS IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE. AS A RESULT
HAVE OPTED NOT TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE GOING FORECAST FOR FEAR I WOULD
BE TAKING THINGS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. TEMPERATURES LOOK ABOUT
RIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  62  84  64  87 /  60  60  30  10
GCK  62  81  63  87 /  70  60  50  10
EHA  60  82  65  90 /  50  30  50  20
LBL  61  82  63  88 /  50  40  50  20
HYS  61  84  62  88 /  30  20  20  10
P28  62  85  64  90 /  30  30  30  10

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.KS...NONE.

&&

BURGERT/JOHNSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:48 AM CDT, 16 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051000-
BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-
HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-
RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO-
448 AM CDT (348 AM MDT) MON JUL 4 2005

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT PRIMARILY
SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO MEADE. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL UP TO
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY. MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER
FAR WESTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO BENEATH COOL, NORTHWEST
UPPER LEVEL FLOW. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
APPROACH THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON, PROVIDING A FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF EASTERN COLORADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO A
CLUSTER THAT WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS BY EARLY TONIGHT. THE DEEP WIND
SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE FAVORS DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH WINDS WITH THE
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM
CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL
ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 700 PM FROM LAKIN TO HUGOTON. SPOTTERS
MAY BE NEEDED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO MEADE AFTER 900
PM.

UMSCHEID

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
501 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-050500-
CLARK-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-
MEADE-MORTON-NESS-SCOTT-SEWARD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO-
501 PM CDT (401 PM MDT) MON JUL 4 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES...

CLARK...FINNEY...FORD...GRANT...GRAY...HAMILTON...HASKELL...
HODGEMAN...KEARNY...LANE...MEADE...MORTON...NESS...SCOTT...SEWARD...
STANTON...STEVENS...TREGO.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

LACY

Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:47 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
847 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
07/04/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTT              KS   PUBLIC

0830 PM     HAIL             1 SW SCOTT CITY         38.47N 100.92W
07/04/2005  0.88 INCH        SCOTT              KS   PUBLIC

0835 PM     HAIL             SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
07/04/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTT              KS   PUBLIC

0835 PM     TSTM WND GST     SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           SCOTT              KS   PUBLIC

&&

KRUSE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
907 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0848 PM     HAIL             19 N LAKIN              38.22N 101.26W
07/04/2005  0.88 INCH        KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

0848 PM     TSTM WND GST     19 N LAKIN              38.22N 101.26W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

KRUSE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:11 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
911 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0902 PM     TSTM WND GST     SYRACUSE                37.98N 101.75W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           HAMILTON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KRUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	71 min
Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	65 min
Jul 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	65 min
Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	80 min
Jul 4, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	33 min
Jul 4, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Grant	70 min
Jul 4, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	60 min
Jul 4, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	67 min
Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	39 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.