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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 13, 2007Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2007, 10:10 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 13, 2007, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 10:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Ingalls, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2007-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 140309
SVRDDC
KSC069-140345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0310.071014T0310Z-071014T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1010 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1007 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 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF INGALLS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INGALLS...
  CIMARRON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN GRAY 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 500 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3797 10056 3794 10024 3770 10032 3769 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 215DEG 19KT 3772 10051

$$

BURKE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 140328
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1028 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

KSC069-140345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-071014T0345Z/
GRAY KS-
1028 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY...

AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INGALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INGALLS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN GRAY 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 500 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3797 10056 3794 10024 3782 10032 3778 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 213DEG 27KT 3785 10043

$$

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 140347
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1046 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

KSC069-140356-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-071014T0345Z/
GRAY KS-
1046 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1045 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. A NEW WARNING FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN
GRAY COUNTY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3797 10056 3794 10024 3782 10032 3778 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 213DEG 27KT 3785 10043

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens44 min
Oct 13, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade35 min
Oct 13, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray24 min
Oct 13, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord18 min
Oct 13, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness34 min
Oct 13, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego31 min
Oct 13, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee33 min
Oct 13, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman30 min
Oct 13, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush52 min
Oct 14, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber10 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.