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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 23, 2007Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2007, 9:54 PM CST for Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: Feb 23, 2007, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2007, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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
Feb 23, 9:55 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	5 Nnw Copeland, KS
Feb 23, 10:11 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	7 Ne Copeland, 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
Feb 23, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 23, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240354
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-240445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.070224T0354Z-070224T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
954 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 950 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF INGALLS...OR ABOUT NEAR TICE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY...
  INGALLS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOS CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3758 10085 3750 10073 3765 10035 3794 10039

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240419
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1016 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC069-081-240445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070224T0445Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
1016 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND WESTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 1015 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR INGALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

AT 955 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST 
OF COPELAND . IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3758 10085 3750 10073 3765 10035 3794 10039

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240438
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1038 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC069-081-240448-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070224T0445Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
1038 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND
WESTERN GRAY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM CST...

THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3758 10085 3750 10073 3765 10035 3794 10039

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 7:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	43 min
Feb 23, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	49 min
Feb 23, 9:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	42 min
Feb 23, 9:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Meade	23 min
Feb 23, 10:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	29 min
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	47 min
Feb 23, 10:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	32 min
Feb 23, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	38 min
Feb 23, 11:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	28 min
Feb 24, 12:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 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.