Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 16, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 W St. John, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDDC 170034
SVRDDC
KSC185-170100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.060917T0034Z-060917T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DILLWYN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
ST. JOHN...
SEWARD...
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 3800 9875 3799 9875 3794 9880 3793 9880
3800 9891 3801 9890 3814 9890 3825 9880
3825 9848
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 170047
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
747 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
KSC185-170100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060917T0100Z/
STAFFORD KS-
747 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEWARD
AND HUDSON
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SEVEN
MILES WEST OF ST JOHN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3800 9875 3799 9875 3794 9880 3793 9880
3800 9891 3801 9890 3814 9890 3825 9880
3825 9848
$$
GERARD000
WWUS53 KDDC 170059
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
759 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
KSC185-170109-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060917T0100Z/
STAFFORD KS-
759 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 800 PM CDT...
THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3800 9875 3799 9875 3794 9880 3793 9880
3800 9891 3801 9890 3814 9890 3825 9880
3825 9848
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 26 min |
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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.