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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2005, 8:06 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 19, 2005, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 2670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 200107 SVRDDC KSC097-200145- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0231.050820T0106Z-050820T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 806 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... HAVILAND... LAT...LON 3771 9954 3745 9955 3753 9901 3773 9910 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 200127 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 826 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC097-200145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-050820T0145Z/ KIOWA KS- 826 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... GREENSBURG... HAVILAND... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3771 9954 3745 9955 3753 9901 3773 9910 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDDC 200144 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 844 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC097-200154- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-050820T0145Z/ KIOWA KS- 844 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT... AT 842 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... HAVILAND... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3771 9954 3745 9955 3753 9901 3773 9910 $$ JOHNSON
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 Aug 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE UPPER AIR ANALYSIS FROM 12Z THIS MORNING SHOWED THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS UNDER THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 250 MB JET. A TONGUE OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ALSO EXTENDED FROM NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE REGION. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING ENHANCING THE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED BY OUTFLOW FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA HAS STAYED MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE DAY RESULTING IN DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. AREAS FARTHER WEST HAVE BEEN UNDER A FAIR AMOUNT OF MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS WHICH HAS KEPT THE AIRMASS A LITTLE MORE STABLE. THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, THE BOUNDARY SHOULD SLOWLY WORK SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT TO SEE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS THERE. ON SATURDAY, THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY JUST TO THE SOUTH. THE NAM MODEL SHOWS INCREASING SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WHICH RESULTS IN THE FRONT LIFTING NORTH A LITTLE INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA. HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THAT AREA SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN IMPULSE NOW OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE REGION. OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS COMPLEX SHOULD PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH FOR SUNDAY. THERE SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AROUND TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SO WILL LEAVE CHANCES GOING THEN. DAYS 3-7... COULD HAVE SOME REMNANT ELEVATED TSTORM ACTIVITY SUNDAY NIGHT NORTH OF THE FRONT SO KEPT THE SLGT POPS WE HAD GOING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE ECMWF AND GFS LOOK COOL FOR MONDAY WITH EAST OR SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW AND HIGH 850 AND 700 RH OVER WESTERN KANSAS. MODELS ALSO HINT AT BRINGING SHORTWAVE ENERGY ACROSS KANSAS ON MONDAY SO SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CANT BE RULED OUT. DID NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OTHER THAN TO INCREASE POPS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE FRONT WILL RETURN NORTH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER WAVE PASSES BY TO THE NORTH, THEREBY INTENSIFYING THE LLJ. IN ADDITION, SOME UPPER JET DYNAMICS MAY BE IN PLAY WITH RIGHT REAR OF UPPER JET MOVING ACROSS. OTHERWISE, SOME AFTERNOON TSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH LEE TROF SETTING UP OUT WEST BENEATH WEAK WSW FLOW ALOFT. THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS IS NOW BACKING OFF ON THE END OF WEEK FRONTAL PASSAGE AND INSTEAD BUILDS A RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS. AM HAVING MY DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER THIS FRONT WILL MATERIALIZE. SO WILL KEEP TEMPS IN THE 90S TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK, WITH CHANCES FOR ISOLATED STORMS ALONG THE LEE TROF. SILENT POPS SEEM THE MOST REASONABLE WAY TO COVER AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING IT IS THE DAY 6 AND 7 TIME FRAME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 68 87 64 85 / 30 40 40 20 GCK 65 85 63 85 / 30 40 40 20 EHA 63 85 61 80 / 30 50 50 20 LBL 68 85 64 83 / 30 50 50 20 HYS 65 85 63 84 / 50 20 20 10 P28 73 92 68 87 / 30 40 40 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GERARD/LACY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:47 AM CDT, 15 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 447 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201000- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 447 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 /347 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE APPROACH OF A COOL FRONT AND UPPER DISTURBANCE SHOULD ALLOW AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SMALL HOWEVER. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER 3 PM IN THE HAYS AREA AND PERHAPS AS FAR AS GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY BY 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COOL FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. EVEN THOUGH HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER THAN FRIDAYS HIGHS, THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0352 PM HAIL 5 NE MCCRACKEN 38.63N 99.50W
08/19/2005 1.00 INCH RUSH KS PUBLIC
&&
LRUTHILocal storm report, Aug 19, 4:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 PM HAIL 7 S TIMKEN 38.37N 99.18W
08/19/2005 1.00 INCH RUSH KS PUBLIC
&&
LRUTHILocal storm report, Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
416 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 6 WNW SCHOENCHEN 38.75N 99.43W
08/19/2005 1.00 INCH ELLIS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTED TO NEAR 50 MPH.
&&
LRUTHILocal storm report, Aug 19, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
706 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL 21 N LAKIN 38.24N 101.26W
08/19/2005 0.88 INCH KEARNY KS PUBLIC
0648 PM TSTM WND GST 21 N LAKIN 38.24N 101.26W
08/19/2005 65 MPH KEARNY KS PUBLIC
&&
DWATKINSLocal storm report, Aug 19, 7:16 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
716 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL 20 N LAKIN 38.23N 101.26W
08/19/2005 0.75 INCH KEARNY KS PUBLIC
&&
DWATKINSLocal storm report, Aug 19, 7:58 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0756 PM HAIL 1 E COOLIDGE 38.04N 101.99W
08/19/2005 1.00 INCH HAMILTON KS PUBLIC
&&
DWATKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 42 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.