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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2007Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2007, 12:13 AM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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: May 23, 2007, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2007, 12:27 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 7.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 230514
SVRDDC
KSC165-230545-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0120.070523T0513Z-070523T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1213 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF SHAFFER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHAFFER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING IN EFFECT FOR RUSH COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3834 9925 3834 9903 3841 9903 3856 9903

$$

LACY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 230527
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1227 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC165-230537-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-070523T0545Z/
RUSH KS-
1227 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED 
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3834 9925 3834 9903 3841 9903 3856 9903

$$

LACY

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 May 22, 2:33 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:33 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
233 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

FORECAST CHALLENGES ABOUND TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...INCLUDING
SEVERE WX TONIGHT...THEN SEVERE WX TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND
FLOODING CONCERNS GOING LATE INTO TOMORROW EVENING/NIGHT.

12Z UA ANALYSIS REVEALED DEEP TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. FIRST SHOT OF JET ENERGY HAD CARVED UPPER LOW
CENTER NEAR YELLOWSTONE WITH ANOTHER JET STREAK ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THE TROUGH. THIS IMPORTANT JET STREAK WAS NOT CAPTURED WELL AT ALL
IN THE MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE NAM...WHICH HAS CAUSED A SHIFT IN
THE FORECAST THINKING FOR WEDNESDAY. WE NOW EXPECT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEDNESDAY/WED NIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT...COVERAGE OF TSTMS ALONG DRYLINE IS OF MAIN
CONCERN...AND DEGREE OF SVR WX ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS ON THE
DRYLINE. CAPPING IS FAIRLY STRONG...HOWEVER SOME SUBTLE COOLING IS
NOTED IN NEW MEXICO IN THE H5-7 LAYER THAT WOULD SUGGEST A CAP
THAT IS PROBABLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO INHIBIT CONVECTION
COMPLETELY ALONG THE DRYLINE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM ON THE DRYLINE
WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS ADVECTING
NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SW KS. SHEAR PROFILES AND
HODOGRAPH STRUCTURE EXCELLENT FOR SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH A
TORNADO RISK AS WELL IN THE 00-03Z TIME FRAME IF A STORM REMAINS
STRONG ENOUGH TO GO AGAINST INCREASING SURFACE INHIBITION AFTER
00Z. THINK THAT DRYLINE SUPERCELLS WILL DIMINISH IN THE 03-06Z
TIME FRAME WITH COLD FRONT STORMS FARTHER NORTH ALONG I-70
MOVING/DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THINK THAT COVERAGE OF COLD
FRONT STORMS WILL BE LIMITED FARTHER SOUTHWEST OVER MUCH OF THE
DDC CWA...AND WILL GO WITH PRIMARILY 30-40 POPS IN THE EASTERN CWA
WITH NEAR 50 POPS IN THE HAYS AREA.

WITH AFOREMENTIONED JET STREAK ROUNDING BASE OF SLOW MOVING
TROUGH...AM EXPECTING VIGOROUS CYCLOGENESIS OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. CURRENT FRONT WILL STALL OUT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE OK/KS
STATE LINE THEN SLOWLY LIFT BACK NORTH WITH INCREASING WARM
FRONTOGENESIS PERHAPS. ONCE AGAIN...INSTABILITY, MOISTURE, AND
WIND SHEAR PROFILES LOOK VERY GOOD FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS
INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHICH AREA APPEARS MOST
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY TOMORROW...HOWEVER MOST OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS PRIMARILY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER COULD BE
VULNERABLE. FRONT WILL BECOME ALIGNED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
ACROSS KANSAS NEARLY PARALLEL TO MID UPPER JET. THIS SUGGESTS
TRAINING OF NUMEROUS STORMS DURING THE MID EVENING THROUGH
OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHEN NOCTURNAL LOW
LEVEL JET KICKS IN. FLOOD WATCH CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE JUSTIFIED
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER THE AREAS MAINLY EAST OF HAYS
TO DODGE CITY AS WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2+ INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED 3-4 QUITE POSSIBLE. -UMSCHEID

DAYS 3-7...

THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
PLAINS BY FRI-SUN TIME PERIOD. MOISTURE WILL BE RETURNING UP THE
HIGH PLAINS. WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE PLAINS, THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. TIMING AND LOCATION OF THESE STORM
CLUSTERS CANNOT BE FORECAST WITH HIGH ACCURACY THIS FAR IN
ADVANCE. TEMPS WILL BE HELD DOWN BY CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF
PRECIP.

&&

.AVIATION...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE TAF SITES AFTER 23Z.
OTHERWISE, SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS BASED AROUND 4000FT
CAN BE EXPECTED AT HAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  60  75  47  71 /  30  30  70  10
GCK  53  72  45  73 /  30  20  60  10
EHA  48  78  48  73 /  10  30  60  10
LBL  56  80  46  74 /  20  40  60  10
HYS  56  72  48  71 /  60  40  60  10
P28  63  82  51  73 /  30  50  70  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ064-078>080-088-
089.

&&

FN25/24/24

Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
210 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-231915-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
210 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 /110 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO LIBERAL. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN
VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN TREGO...LANE...AND ELLIS COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH
THE BEST CHANCE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO GARDEN
CITY TO HAYS. VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM HAYS TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1042 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

1040 PM     HAIL             HAYS                    38.88N 99.32W
05/22/2007  E1.00 INCH       ELLIS              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ELLIS COUNTY EOC REPORTED IN TOWN

1040 PM     TSTM WND GST     HAYS                    38.88N 99.32W
05/22/2007  E60.00 MPH       ELLIS              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ELLIS COUNTY EOC REPORTED IN HAYS

&&

UMSCHEID

Local storm report, May 22, 10:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1058 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

1030 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAYS                    38.88N 99.32W
05/22/2007                   ELLIS              KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE COMFORT INN ROOF IN HAYS ON NORTH
            SIDE OF TOWN NEAR I-70.

&&

JRJ

Local storm report, May 22, 11:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1101 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

1055 PM     HAIL             LIEBENTHAL              38.65N 99.32W
05/22/2007  E1.75 INCH       RUSH               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 22, 11:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1133 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

1120 PM     HAIL             LA CROSSE               38.53N 99.31W
05/22/2007  E1.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JB

Local storm report, May 22, 11:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1146 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

1125 PM     HAIL             3 NW BISON              38.55N 99.24W
05/22/2007  E2.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            2.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED WITH ESTIMATED TIME OF 1125PM
            CDT.

1125 PM     HAIL             3 NW BISON              38.55N 99.24W
05/22/2007  E2.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JRJ

Local storm report, May 23, 12:08 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1208 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

1201 AM     HAIL             6 NW LARNED             38.24N 99.18W
05/23/2007  E1.00 INCH       PAWNEE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1201 AM     TSTM WND GST     6 NW LARNED             38.24N 99.18W
05/23/2007  E60.00 MPH       PAWNEE             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JRJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	46 min
May 22, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	49 min
May 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	26 min
May 22, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 min
May 22, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	27 min
May 22, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	32 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	64 min
May 22, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	34 min
May 22, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	33 min
May 22, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	40 min
May 22, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	54 min
May 22, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	36 min
May 22, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	53 min
May 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	10 min
May 22, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	61 min
May 23, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	34 min
May 23, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	42 min
May 23, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	67 min
May 23, 2:47 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more	25 hr
May 23, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	64 min
May 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	33 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	37 min
May 23, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	33 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	79 min
May 23, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	61 min
May 23, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	54 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	56 min
May 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	52 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	16 min
May 23, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	53 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford	4 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards	17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.