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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2005Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2005, 10:12 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 4, 2005, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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, 10:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Se Kalvesta, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 050312
SVRDDC
KSC055-050345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0198.050705T0312Z-050705T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1012 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 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY TO PIERCEVILLE TO PLYMELL...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

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 3819 10024 3809 10089 3774 10099 3774 10066
      3798 10066 3801 10023

$$

LACY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050320
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1020 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSC055-050345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-050705T0345Z/
FINNEY KS-
1020 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FINNEY COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM CDT...

AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRIEND TO PIERCEVILLE TO
PLYMELL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  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 3819 10024 3809 10089 3774 10099 3774 10066
      3798 10066 3801 10023

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050342
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSC055-050353-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-050705T0345Z/
FINNEY KS-
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1045 PM CDT...

AT 1039 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3819 10024 3809 10089 3774 10099 3774 10066
      3798 10066 3801 10023

$$

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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, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDT, 8 hours 31 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, 17 hours 24 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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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

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

0913 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 NNE GARDEN CITY      38.11N 100.79W
07/04/2005  70 MPH           FINNEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0935 PM     HAIL             10 NNE GARDEN CITY      38.11N 100.79W
07/04/2005  0.88 INCH        FINNEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KRUSE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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

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

0919 PM     TSTM WND GST     HOLCOMB                 37.99N 100.99W
07/04/2005  60 MPH           FINNEY             KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FROM KSN WEATHER LAB

&&

RBURGERT

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:57 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 ESE GARDEN CITY       37.97N 100.83W
07/04/2005  59 MPH           FINNEY             KS   ASOS

            MEASURED BY GARDEN CITY AIRPORT WIND SENSOR

&&

KRUSE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1006 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

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

0952 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 ESE GARDEN CITY       37.97N 100.83W
07/04/2005  64 MPH           FINNEY             KS   ASOS

            MEASURED BY GARDEN CITY AIRPORT WIND SENSOR

&&

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, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	58 min
Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	80 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

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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.