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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 1, 20065 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2006, 6:33 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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: Apr 1, 2006, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2006, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Apr 1, 6:40 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 100	9 Ene Larned, KS	6 INCH DIAMETER LIVE TREE LIMBS DOWN
Apr 1, 6:50 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 Sw Lewis, KS
Apr 1, 7:20 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 100	9 Ene Larned, KS	6 INCH DIAMETER LIVE TREE LIMBS DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 1075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 020034
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-145-185-020130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.060402T0033Z-060402T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OFFERLE...LEWIS...KINSLEY...
  FELLSBURG...CENTERVIEW...BELPRE
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZOOK...SANFORD...ROZEL...LARNED...
  GARFIELD...FRIZELL...ASH VALLEY
  NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...RADIUM...MACKSVILLE
  NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 629 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  KINSLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GARFIELD BY 640 PM CST
  SANFORD BY 645 PM CST
  FRIZELL BY 650 PM CST
  LARNED BY 655 PM CST
  ASH VALLEY BY 700 PM CST

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

LAT...LON 3793 9969 3775 9953 3775 9922 3823 9859
      3829 9934

$$

JOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020049
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

KSC047-057-083-145-185-020130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060402T0130Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
646 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST 
FOR EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND PAWNEE COUNTIES...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND 
SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 641 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LEWIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRIZELL BY 700 PM CST
  LARNED BY 710 PM CST
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RADIUM BY 715 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

LAT...LON 3793 9969 3775 9953 3775 9922 3823 9859
      3829 9934

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020129 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

KSC047-057-083-145-185-020136-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060402T0130Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
726 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...EDWARDS...
SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND PAWNEE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 730 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3793 9969 3775 9953 3775 9922 3823 9859
      3829 9934

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 6:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	19 min
Apr 1, 6:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	49 min
Apr 1, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	45 min
Apr 1, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	45 min
Apr 1, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	53 min
Apr 1, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	31 min
Apr 1, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	30 min
Apr 1, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	29 min
Apr 1, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	22 min
Apr 2, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 12 more	17 hr

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.