Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 31, 2007Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2007, 9:26 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 31, 2007, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 31, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Nne Hudson, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 49 minutes after it went out.

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 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 31, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 010226
SVRDDC
KSC185-010330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0171.070601T0226Z-070601T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
926 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF SEWARD...OR 3 MILES SOUTH
  OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  HUDSON...
  STAFFORD...
  ZENITH...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF STAFFORD 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.

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM...WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFCANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. SUPERCELL
STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES...HOWEVER THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH
THIS STORM IS DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 9873 3824 9891 3809 9889 3783 9873
      3783 9848 3825 9849

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 010248
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
948 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

KSC185-010330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-070601T0330Z/
STAFFORD KS-
948 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 945 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUDSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...
  STAFFORD...
  ZENITH...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF STAFFORD COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 9873 3824 9891 3809 9889 3783 9873
      3783 9848 3825 9849

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 010330
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

KSC185-010340-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-070601T0330Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STAFFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1030 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER STAFFORD COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3824 9873 3824 9891 3809 9889 3783 9873
      3783 9848 3825 9849

$$

FINCH

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 31, 3:21 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:21 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
321 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

TSRA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN A -16 TO -18C 5H THERMAL TROF WHICH
WAS LOCATED NEAR THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 25H JET THIS
AFTERNOON. ALSO STILL WATCHING OUR NEXT S/W TROF WHICH WAS LOCATED
OVER SRN WY BASED ON 12Z ANALYSIS AS IT CONTINUES ITS SE TRACK
ACROSS NRN CO. AS THIS SECOND SYSTEM CROSSES INTO ERN COLORADO
LATER THIS EVENING STILL EXPECTING CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD AND THEN BEGIN TO QUICKLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A MCS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN THIS
MCS STILL LOOKING REASONABLE SO WILL RETAIN FLOOD WATCH WHICH WE
CURRENTLY HAVE GOING BUT WITH BASED ON PROGGED STORM MOTION
PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN LOOKING LESS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
FURTHER SOUTHWEST SO WILL NOT BE EXPANDING THE WARNING FURTHER SW.
AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THERE WILL A RISK A FEW TORNADOES
EARLY BASED ON SHEAR AND INSTAB...THEN BECOMING MORE OF A HAIL AND
WIND HAZARD ONCE THE MCS GETS ORGANIZED.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT WILL DRIVE THE POTENTIAL OF
SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER S/W TROF PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE CWA ON FRIDAY AS MID LVL BAROCLINIC ZONE DROPS SOUTH. NOTICING
DECENT MOISTURE AND 85H-7H FGEN ALONG THIS BAROCLINIC ZONE AS IT
DROPS SOUTH EARLY IN THE DAY SO WILL KEEP SOME HIGH CHC POPS GOING
ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. THEN LATER IN THE DAY AS THIS MID-UPPER
LEVEL LIFT BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH OUR FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE
BETTER MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL FORCING WILL BE THERE WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AT THIS TIME NOT CONFIDENT
ON WHERE THIS FRONT WILL BE SO AS A RESULT WILL GO WITH A
COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GFS/NAM SFC POSITION WHICH WILL PLACE OUR
SE CWA IN A FAVORABLE ARE FOR STORMS BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

DAYS 3-7...

NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE FCST FOR THE PERIOD SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
IT APPEARS BY MID-NEXT WEEK FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL PACIFIC JET ENERGY
WILL BEGIN ENTERING THE ROCKIES AND WESTERN PLAINS...SUPPORTING
FAIRLY VIGOROUS LEE CYCLOGENESIS.  AVAILABLE MOISTURE SHOULD BE MORE
THAN ADEQUATE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AROUND MID-NEXT WEEK...THERE IS
JUST THE UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING/EVOLUTION OF THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES.
WILL INSERT SOME SLIGHT CHANCE TSRA POPS FOR MID-NEXT WEEK WHICH
WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS TIME RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION...

REALLY HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO FORECAST TIMING OF
CONVECTION FOR TONIGHT AT ALL THREE TAF SITES (DDC,GCK,HYS).  AM
EXPECTING EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE MAINLY WEST OVER
FAR WESTERN KANSAS BUT WILL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE A CB IN THE CLOUD
COVER GROUP BEGINNING ROUGHLY 23Z.  THE 03-06Z TIME FRAME WAS VERY
DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT FOR CONVECTION LOCATION/TIMING WITH THE
PRIMARY COLD FRONT STILL LIKELY OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 09Z.
WILL PLAY THE TAFS A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH JUST VCTS FOR
NOW AND PROB30 FOR TSRA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  78  59  76  55 /   0  70  50  20
GCK  78  57  71  53 /  30  60  30  10
EHA  79  57  78  56 /  20  60  10  30
LBL  80  59  79  55 /  10  70  20  30
HYS  77  56  73  53 /  20  70  50  10
P28  80  63  78  60 /   0  70  50  40

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-064>066-079-081.

&&

FN18/25/25

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:35 AM CDT, 16 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
435 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-011000-
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-
435 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 /335 AM MDT THU MAY 31 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT COMBINED WITH A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT
AND RAPID GULF MOISTURE RETURN WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS LATE TODAY. THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF COLORADO AND THEN
ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX THIS EVENING AS THEY SPREAD EAST ACROSS
SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING
WINDS AND FLOODING RAINFALL. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND PERHAPS SATURDAY. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MUCH
LESS THAN TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN ERUPT ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

EKB

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
816 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0728 PM     HAIL             LIEBENTHAL              38.65N 99.32W
05/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0752 PM     HAIL             19 WNW NESS CITY        38.56N 100.23W
05/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       NESS               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0801 PM     HAIL             3 N OTIS                38.58N 99.05W
05/31/2007  E0.75 INCH       RUSH               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RBURGERT

Local storm report, May 31, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
819 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0732 PM     HAIL             PENDENNIS               38.65N 100.33W
05/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       LANE               KS   PUBLIC

0734 PM     HAIL             3 E SCHOENCHEN          38.71N 99.27W
05/31/2007  E0.75 INCH       ELLIS              KS   PUBLIC

&&

RBURGERT

Local storm report, May 31, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
824 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0718 PM     HAIL             3 N TREGO CENTER        38.92N 99.90W
05/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       TREGO              KS   PUBLIC

&&

26

Local storm report, May 31, 8:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
832 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0825 PM     TORNADO          4 NE HARGRAVE           38.59N 99.38W
05/31/2007                   RUSH               KS   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

26

Local storm report, May 31, 8:41 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
841 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0830 PM     HAIL             LIEBENTHAL              38.65N 99.32W
05/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RBURGERT

Local storm report, May 31, 8:51 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
851 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0850 PM     HAIL             1 N OTIS                38.55N 99.05W
05/31/2007  E2.75 INCH       RUSH               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MSCOTT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	45 min
May 31, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	50 min
May 31, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	44 min
May 31, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	12 min
May 31, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	61 min
May 31, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	53 min
May 31, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	57 min
May 31, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Rush	54 min
May 31, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Rush	39 min
Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	23 min
Jun 1, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.