Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS

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WWUS53 KDDC 090414
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1112 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

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FINNEY KS-
1112 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FINNEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF FINNEY COUNTY...
  KALVESTA...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 67.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 83.


LAT...LON 3793 9977 3793 9982 3794 9984 3794 9989
      3796 9996 3799 10022 3824 10022 3824 10008
      3825 10006 3825 9960

$$

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HODGEMAN KS-
1112 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR HODGEMAN COUNTY...

AT 1108 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 11 MILES WEST OF JETMORE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF
KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HANSTON

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 283 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 93.

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.

AT 1058 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
EIGHT MILES NORTH OF JETMORE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3793 9977 3793 9982 3794 9984 3794 9989
      3796 9996 3799 10022 3824 10022 3824 10008
      3825 10006 3825 9960

$$

GERARD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
323 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE TSTORM CHANCES THRU TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE SURFACE MAP THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A WEAK LEE TROF/DRYLINE OVER
FAR WESTERN KANSAS INTERSECTING WITH A COLD FRONT OVER THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. WITH THE BEST CONVERGENCE LOCATED
THERE, SOME STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO POP. THE THETA-E RIDGE EXTENDS
FROM THE EASTERN OK PANHANDLE NORTHEAST TO HAYS. AS THIS AND OTHER
ACTIVITY THAT MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE TROF AND COLD FRONT MOVES
EAST INTO THE INSTABILITY SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
ERUPT. THERE IS ENUF SHEAR GIVEN THE 2000-3000 JOULES OF CAPE TO
PROMOTE SUPERCELL STRUCTURES EARLY ON, WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY
CONGEALING INTO AN MCS DURING THE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KS.
TORNADO THREAT LOOKS MINIMAL GIVEN THE WEAK 0-1KM SHEAR. THE SHEAR
MAY INCREASE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES HOWEVER AS THE LLJ
STRENGTHENS IF THE STORMS CAN STAY DISCRETE.

THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS THE MCS MOVES
EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE
FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM SE COLORADO ACROSS THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW AND LIFT
FROM AN APPROACHING S/W TROF ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO WILL LIKELY
IGNITE CONVECTION OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND CONGEAL INTO AN MCS
THAT WILL MOVE ESE OVERNIGHT NEAR THE OK/KS BORDER. THE MODELS ALL
SEEM TO SHOW THIS SIGNAL SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY ALONG
THE BORDER, TAPERING IT OFF TO SLGT CHC AT HAYS. OTHER STORMS MAY
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT BUT MAY BE SOUTH OF THE BORDER DEPENDING
ON WHERE THE FRONT STALLS.

A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR PLOWS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY AS A
SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF ENERGY DIVES SOUTHEAST THRU THE PLAINS TO
EVENTUALLY CARVE OUT A DEEP TROF OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WITH COLD AIR ALOFT LAPSE RATES SHOULD REMAIN
STEEP ENUF FOR SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDER.
WILL THEREFORE LEAVE SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST.

HIGHS WILL BE TRENDING LOWER THRU THE PERIOD, WITH LOW TO MID 70S
ON TUESDAY AND MID TO UPPER 60S FOR WEDNESDAY. LOWS WILL BE
GENERALLY IN THE 50S.

DAYS 3-7...

AGAIN TODAY THE EXTENDED MODELS ARE FAIRLY CONGRUENT THROUGH ABOUT
144 HOURS. THE SCENARIO IS TO BRING A ANOTHER PACIFIC WAVE DOWN THE
PATTERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POLAR FRONT ENDING UP ALONG THE
GULF COAST STATES BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER WAVE OR TWO IS
FORECAST THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE COMING WEEKEND AND HAVE LEFT
SOME POPS IN FOR THAT EVENTUALITY AS WELL. OTHERWISE, HAVE MADE
LITTLE OR NO CHANGES TO THE GOING GRIDS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  56  73  53  66 /  30  20  40  20
GCK  53  71  50  65 /  30  20  40  20
EHA  53  72  50  65 /  20  30  60  20
LBL  54  72  52  66 /  20  30  60  20
HYS  55  73  50  66 /  50  10  20  20
P28  60  76  56  67 /  40  20  50  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN27/08
LACY/JOHNSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1243 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-091000-
BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-
HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-
RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO-
1243 PM CDT (1143 AM MDT) MON MAY 8 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

AT 1243 PM CDT (1145 AM MDT) MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS CONTINUED
TO DEVELOP ROUGHLY IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM DODGE CITY TO
HAYS...GREAT BEND...PRATT...AND BACK TO DODGE CITY. THIS AREA LOOKS
TO BE WHERE OUR FIRST CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS WILL FORM BY AROUND 4 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS
AREA WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. VERTICAL WIND
PROFILES INDICATE THAT A FEW OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE
MAIN DANGER BEING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN AND NEAR THE AREA MENTIONED
ABOVE.

JOHNSON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
933 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             2 N HOLCOMB             38.02N 100.99W
05/08/2006  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

0745 PM     HAIL             3 NW HOLCOMB            38.02N 101.03W
05/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
938 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             1 W KALVESTA            38.05N 100.30W
05/08/2006  E0.88 INCH       FINNEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0840 PM     HAIL             19 WSW JETMORE          37.98N 100.22W
05/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

UMSCHEID

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1001 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

KSZ077-078-090345-
FORD-GRAY-
1001 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FORD AND GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CIMARRON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

AT 950 PM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF INGALLS.

RESIDENTS IN EASTERN GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF CIMARRON...HOWELL AND DODGE CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3789 10039 3765 10041 3758 9981 3791 9987

UMSCHEID

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1004 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     HAIL             5 S INGALLS             37.76N 100.45W
05/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1033 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     HAIL             8 NE MONTEZUMA          37.68N 100.34W
05/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1018 PM     HAIL             6 S CIMARRON            37.72N 100.35W
05/08/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1041 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     HAIL             3 N ENSIGN              37.70N 100.23W
05/08/2006  E1.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MGERARD