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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 8, 2007Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2007, 9:02 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 8, 2007, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2007, 9:33 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 090202
SVRDDC
KSC151-090245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.070809T0202Z-070809T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
902 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM 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 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF CAIRO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAIRO...
  PRESTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT 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.

LAT...LON 3781 9866 3749 9861 3749 9846 3781 9847

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 090213
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

KSC151-090245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-070809T0245Z/
PRATT KS-
914 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY...

AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3781 9866 3749 9861 3749 9846 3781 9847

$$

KRUSE
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 090233
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
933 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

KSC151-090243-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-070809T0245Z/
PRATT KS-
933 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 EASTERN PRATT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3781 9866 3749 9861 3749 9846 3781 9847

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt28 min
Aug 8, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford62 min
Aug 8, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche55 min
Aug 8, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford66 min
Aug 8, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt30 min
Aug 8, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche61 min
Aug 8, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford30 min
Aug 8, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche62 min
Aug 9, 1:55 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford3 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.