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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2006, 7:21 PM CST for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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, 7:21 PM CST (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2006, 8:14 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 7:35 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nw St. John, KS | |
| Apr 1, 7:35 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Nw St. John, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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 nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 020121 SVRDDC KSC185-020215- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0016.060402T0121Z-060402T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 721 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZENITH...STAFFORD...ST. JOHN... NEOLA...MACKSVILLE...HUDSON...DILLWYN. * UNTIL 815 PM CST * AT 719 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. JOHN BY 735 PM CST. STAFFORD AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON BY 750 PM CST. ZENITH BY 800 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. LAT...LON 3799 9901 3782 9900 3782 9831 3824 9850 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 020201 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 KSC185-020215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060402T0215Z/ STAFFORD KS- 801 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR STAFFORD COUNTY... AT 757 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAFFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3799 9901 3782 9900 3782 9831 3824 9850 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDDC 020214 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 814 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 KSC185-020224- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060402T0215Z/ STAFFORD KS- 814 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STAFFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... 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 3799 9901 3782 9900 3782 9831 3824 9850 $$ JOHNSON
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 Apr 1, 3:25 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:25 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION - CORRECTED FOR COUNTIES IN WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 325 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THUNDERSTORMS AND HOW SEVERE WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM. 12Z MAPS SHOW SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE PLAINS AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST. WV LOOP HAS A LEAD SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY EJECTING OUT OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS SHORTWAVE COMING OUT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES, ALTHOUGH THE REALLY GOOD MOISTURE IN THE 60S IS STILL DOWN OVER NW OKLA. SFC WARM FRONT HAS STARTED TO MOVE INTO SW KS, AND THE DRYLINE IS STARTING TO BECOME MORE DEFINED FROM THE HUGOTON AREA DOWN INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. CIRRUS CLOUDS HAVE CUT DOWN ON HEATING SOMEWHAT, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SHORTFUSE COMPOSITE, CAPE VALUES JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LBL ARE APPROACHING 1500 J/KG. TOR WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FROM LAKIN TO LARNED AND POINTS SOUTH. 19Z SOUNDING SHOWED THAT THE CAP WAS STILL FAIRLY STRONG AND LCL WAS PRETTY HIGH. HOWEVER, WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEWPOINTS AND THEREFORE LCL LEVELS SHOULD BE IMPROVING. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY STARTED TO FIRE, IN THE OKLA AND TX PANHANDLES, THOUGH THINGS LOOK PRETTY LINEAR SO FAR. THINK THAT THE CONVECTION THAT JUST STARTED WILL BE JUST THE FIRST ROUND, WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT COMING OUT WITH THE PRIMARY SHORTWAVE A FEW HOURS FROM NOW. HELICITY VALUES WILL ALSO BE IMPROVING TOWARDS 00Z, WITH DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. MADE SOME TIMING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GOING GRIDS, BUT KEPT A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH A SEVERE MENTION INTO TONIGHT. OUR BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING ANYTHING ROTATE WILL BE FROM 00Z TO 03 OR 04Z, WITH MODEL HODOGRAPHS SHOWING GOOD SHEAR. THE CONVECTION SHOULD BECOME MORE MULTICELLULAR BY LATE EVENING AND WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO OUR EASTERN COUNTIES AND THEN OUT OF THE CWA BY 09Z. WILL PROBABLY MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO POPS AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS TONIGHT WILL NOT DROP TOO FAR WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIP KEEPING THINGS MILD IN THE 40S TO LOW 50S. TOMORROW, CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MUCH MORE QUIET WITH THE SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MS VALLEY. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS COULD GET QUITE STRONG BEHIND THE SFC LOW, BUT WILL LEAVE FOR LATER SHIFTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. HIGHS WILL BE A BIT COOLER THAN TODAY WITH SOME CAA BEHIND THE LOW, THOUGH 850MB TEMPS WILL STILL BE IN THE MID TEENS C IN THE SOUTH. KEPT TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. SUNDAY NIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE A BIT COLDER IN THE 30S TO LOW 40S AS THE SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS. UPSLOPE WINDS AND COOLER 850MB TEMPS IN THE 5-12 C RANGE WILL KEEP MONDAYS HIGHS IN THE 60S. DAYS 3-7... SHORT TERM SEVERE STORM CONCERNS HAVE PRECLUDED SPENDING TIME ON THE LATE PART OF THE FORECAST. NO CHANGES MADE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 49 70 38 65 / 80 0 0 0 GCK 46 68 36 65 / 50 0 0 0 EHA 47 70 38 66 / 30 0 0 0 LBL 47 73 39 66 / 50 0 0 0 HYS 51 69 39 63 / 80 0 0 0 P28 56 74 43 66 / 90 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CST TONIGHT FOR KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066-KSZ075-KSZ076- KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ085-KSZ086- KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. && FN26/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 2:34 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 234 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 KSZ061-074-084-020400- HAMILTON-MORTON-STANTON- 234 PM CST (134 PM MST) SAT APR 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND MOIST... UNSTABLE AIR RETURNING TO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS WILL BRING SOME WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE AFTER 4 PM AS STORMS BEGIN OVER THE PANHANDLES AND MOVE NORTH INTO KANSAS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ON SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-020400- ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-SCOTT-TREGO- 234 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF COLORADO AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE... WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ON SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT. KSZ062>066-075>081-085>090-020400- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HASKELL- HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-MEADE-PAWNEE-PRATT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STEVENS- 234 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE OUT INTO WEST KANSAS BRINGING A COLD FRONT AND DRY LINE WITH IT. VERY UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL COUPLE WITH CHANGING WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW TO PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ON SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JOHNSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:44 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
644 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 2 S ROZEL 38.17N 99.40W
04/01/2006 M1.00 INCH PAWNEE KS PUBLIC
&&
KRUSELocal storm report, Apr 1, 6:53 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
653 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0559 PM HAIL 3 S BELLEFONT 37.83N 99.66W
04/01/2006 E1.00 INCH FORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
26Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:56 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
656 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 13 S HANSTON 37.93N 99.71W
04/01/2006 M0.75 INCH HODGEMAN KS PUBLIC
&&
KRUSELocal storm report, Apr 1, 7:12 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
712 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 2 SW LEWIS 37.92N 99.28W
04/01/2006 M1.00 INCH EDWARDS KS PUBLIC
&&
KRUSELocal storm report, Apr 1, 7:14 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL 7 SE COLDWATER 37.19N 99.25W
04/01/2006 M0.88 INCH COMANCHE KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KRUSELocal storm report, Apr 1, 7:15 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 PM CST SAT APR 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL SUN CITY 37.38N 98.92W
04/01/2006 M1.00 INCH BARBER KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KRUSEThe 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, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford | 57 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, 7:34 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
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.