Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2006, 8:02 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 8, 2006, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Kalvesta, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 090102 SVRDDC KSC055-083-090145- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.060509T0102Z-060509T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 802 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 800 PM CDT...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 12 MILES NORTH OF KALVESTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... KALVESTA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. 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. 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3825 10045 3803 10063 3799 10007 3825 10010 $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 090111 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 KSC055-083-090145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T0145Z/ FINNEY KS-HODGEMAN KS- 811 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALVESTA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF DIGHTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... KALVESTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 10045 3803 10063 3799 10007 3825 10010 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 090119 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 819 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 KSC055-083-090145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T0145Z/ FINNEY KS-HODGEMAN KS- 819 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALVESTA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 10045 3803 10063 3799 10007 3825 10010 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 090132 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 KSC055-083-090145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T0145Z/ FINNEY KS-HODGEMAN KS- 832 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALVESTA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... KALVESTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 10045 3803 10063 3799 10007 3825 10010 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 38 min |
| May 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 8, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| May 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| May 8, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| May 8, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 46 min |
| May 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| May 8, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 38 min |
| May 8, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 8, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 8, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 min |
| May 9, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 9, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 9, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 65 min |
| May 9, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| May 9, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 56 min |
| May 9, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| May 9, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 27 min |
| May 9, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 9, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.