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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2008Edwards County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 8:27 AM CDT for Edwards County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 23, 2008, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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
Apr 23, 8:37 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	5 E Centerview, KS
Apr 23, 8:47 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Ene Fellsburg, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 231327
SVRDDC
KSC047-185-231415-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.080423T1327Z-080423T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 826 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FELLSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FELLSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  BELPRE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD
  COUNTIES.

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 3801 9916 3794 9884 3772 9911 3775 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 208DEG 18KT 3780 9914

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231349
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
849 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC047-185-231415-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080423T1415Z/
STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-
849 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...

AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BELPRE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUSDALE...
  BELPRE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD
  COUNTIES.

AT 837 AM...THERE WAS A PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
EAST OF CENTERVIEW.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

LAT...LON 3801 9916 3794 9884 3777 9906 3782 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1349Z 208DEG 18KT 3790 9907

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231400
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
900 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC047-185-231410-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080423T1415Z/
STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-
900 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS AND
SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES 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 EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD
COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3801 9916 3794 9884 3777 9906 3782 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 216DEG 14KT 3786 9907

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	44 min
Apr 23, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	30 min
Apr 23, 9:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	38 min
Apr 23, 9:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	47 min
Apr 23, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	38 min
Apr 23, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	32 min
Apr 23, 11:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	36 min
Apr 23, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	46 min
Apr 23, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	29 min
Apr 23, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	27 min
Apr 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	50 min
Apr 23, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	32 min
Apr 23, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	44 min
Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	40 min
Apr 23, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	34 min
Apr 23, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	29 min

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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.