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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2005Finney County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2005, 11:47 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 23, 2005, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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 23, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-05-24The 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
2353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240448
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-240530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.050524T0447Z-050524T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1147 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(1130 PM MDT)

* AT 1143 PM CDT(1043 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  CHARLESTON...

AT 1145 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER 2 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN 
CITY REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 66 MPH WITH DAVIS WEATHER 
EQUIPMENT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3823 10067 3802 10085 3785 10107 3775 10108
      3774 10025 3821 10025

$$

&

TSB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240505
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

KSC055-069-240530-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050524T0530Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-
1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR FINNEY AND NORTHERN
GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(1130 PM MDT)...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT(1100 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  CHARLESTON...

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 NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

AT 1149 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A 69 MPH WIND GUST 
2 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY.  POWER LINES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN 
IN GARDEN CITY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING(400 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3823 10067 3802 10085 3785 10107 3775 10108
      3774 10025 3821 10025

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott54 min
May 24, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell52 min
May 24, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman57 min
May 24, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray26 min
May 24, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade64 min
May 24, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Edwards, Kiowa61 min
May 24, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt54 min
May 24, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford38 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.