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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2007Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2007, 9:55 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 5 reports 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 29, 2007, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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
May 29, 9:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Garden City, KS
May 29, 10:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 73	Garden City, KS
May 29, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Garden City, KS
May 29, 10:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	10 Ne Garden City, KS
May 29, 10:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	7 Se Garden City, 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 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 300256
SVRDDC
KSC055-300345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.070530T0255Z-070530T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PLYMELL...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY 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 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 10092 3775 10106 3774 10067 3798 10067
      3823 10055

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300324
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1021 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

KSC055-300345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-070530T0345Z/
FINNEY KS-
1021 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 1018 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIERCEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.

AT 952 PM THE PUBLIC MEASURED A 78 MPH WIND GUST 2 MILES NORTH OF
GARDEN CITY. AT 1012 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A 73 MPH WIND GUST
IN GARDEN CITY.

DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 10092 3775 10106 3774 10067 3798 10067
      3823 10055

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300345
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

KSC055-300355-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-070530T0345Z/
FINNEY KS-
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1045 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 10092 3775 10106 3774 10067 3798 10067
      3823 10055

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	40 min
May 29, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	72 min
May 29, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 1 more	78 min
May 29, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	87 min
May 29, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	87 min
May 29, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	59 min
May 30, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	79 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.