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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2005, 4:19 PM CDT for Comanche 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
- Aug 28, 2005, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nne Protection, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 282119 SVRDDC KSC033-282200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.050828T2119Z-050828T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 419 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 418 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 NEAR PROTECTION...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY... PROTECTION... 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 LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AT 418 PM A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF COLDWATER. LAT...LON 3716 9954 3717 9935 3738 9935 3737 9954 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 282200 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 KSC033-282210- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050828T2200Z/ COMANCHE KS- 500 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 456 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3716 9954 3717 9935 3738 9935 3737 9954 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 23 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.