Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2006, 1:27 AM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 6, 2006, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2006, 2:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ne Preston, KS | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH BLEW DOWN TREE BRANCHES UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 060630 SVRDDC KSC151-185-060715- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.060606T0627Z-060606T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 127 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAFFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY... IUKA... STAFFORD... PRESTON... NEOLA... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. 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. 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 AT 118 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN STAFFORD COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A HOUSE 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOHN. LAT...LON 3805 9875 3762 9874 3761 9846 3806 9847 $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060646 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 145 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 KSC151-185-060715- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060606T0715Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS- 145 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES... AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3805 9875 3762 9874 3761 9846 3806 9847 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060705 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 205 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 KSC151-185-060715- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060606T0715Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS- 205 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE WARNED STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3805 9875 3762 9874 3761 9846 3806 9847 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.