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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2006Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2006, 5:27 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 23, 2006, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Apr 23, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-536 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 232227
SVRDDC
KSC025-232315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.060423T2227Z-060423T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MINNEOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY...
  MINNEOLA...
  CLARK STATE LAKE...

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 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.

LAT...LON 3745 10010 3723 10008 3724 9957 3746 9957

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 232247
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
548 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSC025-232315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060423T2315Z/
CLARK KS-
548 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLARK STATE LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3745 10010 3723 10008 3724 9957 3746 9957

$$
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 232254
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
555 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSC025-232315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060423T2315Z/
CLARK KS-
555 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLARK STATE LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3745 10010 3723 10008 3724 9957 3746 9957

$$
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 232316
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
616 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSC025-232326-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060423T2315Z/
CLARK KS-
616 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 615 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3745 10010 3723 10008 3724 9957 3746 9957

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord43 min
Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Apr 23, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee37 min
Apr 23, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee29 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa45 min
Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.