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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 2005Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
May 11, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 120101
SVRDDC
KSC093-120145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.050512T0101Z-050512T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
801 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAKIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY COUNTY...
  LAKIN...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120118
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
814 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

KSC093-120145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050512T0145Z/
KEARNY KS-
814 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 809 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 7 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF KENDALL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 
30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

AT 805 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 
16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN.  ANOTHER SPOTTER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR 
SIZE HAIL 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN AT THE SAME TIME.

LAT...LON 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142

$$

LACY
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120139
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
838 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

KSC093-120145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050512T0145Z/
KEARNY KS-
838 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY COUNTY...
  LAKIN...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

AT 834 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PING PONG BALL 
SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKIN.

LAT...LON 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant39 min
May 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny44 min
May 11, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant27 min
May 11, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott37 min
May 11, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Kearny33 min
May 11, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny47 min
May 11, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney20 min
May 11, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney25 min
May 12, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche40 min
May 12, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt30 min
May 12, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt43 min
May 12, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford26 min
May 12, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt42 min
May 12, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt20 min
May 12, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.