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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 19, 2005Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2005, 4:54 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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: Oct 19, 2005, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
Oct 19, 5:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	10 N Wright, KS
Oct 19, 5:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	6 Nw Spearville, KS
Oct 19, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	9 Sse Jetmore, KS
Oct 19, 5:18 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Dodge 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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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
Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 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 192154
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-192230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0268.051019T2154Z-051019T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
454 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN COUNTY...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BELLEFONT...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...
  GRAY...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...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.

LAT...LON 3772 10021 3775 9962 3821 9958 3819 9995
      3789 10020

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192208
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
508 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

KSC057-083-192230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0268.000000T0000Z-051019T2230Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
508 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR HODGEMAN AND NORTHERN
FORD COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SPEARVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN COUNTY...
  SPEARVILLE...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...

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 LEADING 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3772 10021 3775 9962 3821 9958 3819 9995
      3789 10020

$$

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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 Oct 19, 1:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 1:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
159 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS IN THE FIRST PERIOD WITH RESPECT TO
CONVECTION...SOME SVR...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM AROUND
BARBER COUNTY WEST SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  MID
LEVEL SYNOPTIC DRY INTRUSION HAD ENCOMPASSED MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND
WESTERN CWA MOST OF THE DAY SO FAR.  THIS HAS ACTUALLY ALLOWED
INSOLATION NORTH OF THE FRONT...HELPING TO SLOW THE COLD FRONT DOWN
IN THE SOUTHWEST...ALONG WITH THE DYNAMIC PRESSURE FALLS IN ADVANCE
OF THE LOW.  TRIPLE POINT SETTING UP NICELY IN THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE, AND THIS AREA IS ALSO WHERE LOW LEVEL THETA-E AXIS IS
NOSING UP TOWARDS.  LATEST 1KM VISIBLE SHOWS TCU DEVELOPING IN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS OF 1830 UTC.  ONGOING AXIS OF ELEVATED
CONVECTION FROM STAFFORD TO MEDICINE LODGE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT
EASTWARD, ALTHOUGH THERE CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK WESTWARD TOWARDS NESS CITY TO DODGE
CITY TO ASHLAND.

IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY IS PRESENT NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT.  H8
CAPE OF AROUND 800 TO 1000 J/KG WILL AUGMENT THE REGION OF GREATEST
THETA-E DECREASE IN THE H6-H7 LAYER FOR FAIRLY VIGOROUS CONVECTION.
LARGE HAIL WILL CERTAINLY BE A POSSIBILITY AS FAR NORTH AS ULYSSES
TO CIMARRON TO JETMORE TO LARNED THROUGH 03Z.  THE UPPER LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ON THE MOVE, AND THE BULK OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
WILL BE EXITING THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA AFTER 06Z.  WILL KEEP
THE CATEGORICAL POPS GOING IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES, MAINLY
CENTERED AROUND THE 22Z TO 02Z TIME FRAME.

COLD ADVECTION WILL BE IN FULL FORCE OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW.  THE
COLD ADVECTION AND RESIDUAL WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
LOW STRATUS CLOUDS, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES EARLY
TOMORROW.  HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 60 NEAR HAYS WITH SOME NEAR
70F READINGS IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST TOWARDS ELKHART.  LIGHT WINDS
TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A FEW HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP
DOWN WELL INTO THE LOWER 40S.  MUCH THE SAME FOR FRIDAY WITH
CONTINUED SURFACE RIDGING IN PLACE AS NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE MID AND
UPPER LEVELS BEGINS TO AMPLIFY MORE.

DAYS 3-7...

MODELS AND ENSEMBLES NOW CLUSTERING AROUND THE SOLUTION OF BRINGING
A COLD CLOSED UPPER LOW SOUTH FROM CANADA INTO THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF
THE CONUS THIS WEEKEND. THEREFORE SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER WEATHER AT
LEAST INTO TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. EXPECT THE MODELS TO HAVE THEIR
USUAL BIAS OF LIFTING THE LOW OUT TOO SOON SO WILL MAINTAIN THE COOL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH DAY SEVEN FOR NOW. GOING GRIDS HAVE THIS IN
HAND AND WILL NEED ONLY SOME COSMETIC TWEAKS TO MATCH OUR
NEIGHBORS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  44  63  41  66 /  80   0   0   0
GCK  43  64  38  66 /  80   0   0   0
EHA  43  68  40  68 /  50   0   0   0
LBL  44  66  41  68 /  80   0   0   0
HYS  42  60  41  64 /  90   0   0   0
P28  48  61  43  67 /  90   0   0   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

UMSCHEID/JOHNSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 5:11 AM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
511 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

KSZ065-066-076>081-085>090-201000-
BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-FORD-GRAY-HASKELL-KIOWA-MEADE-PAWNEE-
PRATT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STEVENS-
511 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS THIS AFTERNOON.  THERE
IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LIBERAL TO
LARNED LINE, BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM CDT.  THE MAIN HAZARD FROM
THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOUTH OF A
LIBERAL TO LARNED LINE.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074-075-084-201000-
ELLIS-FINNEY-GRANT-HAMILTON-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-MORTON-NESS-RUSH-
SCOTT-STANTON-TREGO-
511 AM CDT (411 AM MDT) WED OCT 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.  AT THIS TIME, IT DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF ANY STORMS WILL
REACH SEVERE LIMITS.  RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN
INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

12/24

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 19, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
342 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0325 PM     HAIL             4 S MINNEOLA            37.39N 100.01W
10/19/2005  0.88 INCH        CLARK              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBURGERT

Local storm report, Oct 19, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0333 PM     HAIL             MINNEOLA                37.44N 100.01W
10/19/2005  1.75 INCH        CLARK              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, Oct 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0335 PM     HAIL             1 W BLOOM               37.48N 99.90W
10/19/2005  1.00 INCH        FORD               KS   PUBLIC

&&

UMSCHEID

Local storm report, Oct 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
411 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0356 PM     HAIL             16 N LIBERAL            37.28N 100.94W
10/19/2005  1.75 INCH        SEWARD             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

GRZYWACZ

Local storm report, Oct 19, 4:35 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
435 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0355 PM     HAIL             6 SE MONTEZUMA          37.54N 100.36W
10/19/2005  1.00 INCH        GRAY               KS   PUBLIC

0427 PM     HAIL             DODGE CITY              37.76N 100.01W
10/19/2005  1.00 INCH        FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0429 PM     HAIL             DODGE CITY              37.76N 100.01W
10/19/2005  0.75 INCH        FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Oct 19, 4:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
454 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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

0430 PM     HAIL             DODGE CITY              37.76N 100.01W
10/19/2005  1.50 INCH        FORD               KS   PUBLIC

0436 PM     HAIL             DODGE CITY              37.76N 100.01W
10/19/2005  1.00 INCH        FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0440 PM     HAIL             DODGE CITY              37.76N 100.01W
10/19/2005  2.00 INCH        FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	59 min
Oct 19, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	23 min
Oct 19, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	51 min
Oct 19, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	40 min
Oct 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Seward	50 min
Oct 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Pawnee	34 min
Oct 19, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	39 min
Oct 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Meade	29 min
Oct 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	44 min
Oct 19, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	29 min
Oct 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	41 min
Oct 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	38 min
Oct 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	43 min
Oct 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	63 min
Oct 19, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	36 min
Oct 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	18 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.