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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2008Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 6:29 AM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 1, 2008, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2008, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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
Jun 1, 6:50 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	8 Nw Medicine Lodge, KS

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 011129
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-011215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0172.080601T1129Z-080601T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
629 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 627 AM 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 NEAR
  SAWYER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAWYER...
  ISABEL...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT
  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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3745 9891 3765 9870 3751 9844 3739 9845
      3738 9836 3711 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 308DEG 18KT 3750 9869

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 011144
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

KSC007-151-011215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-080601T1215Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...

AT 638 AM 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 NEAR SAWYER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAWYER...
  ISABEL...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT
  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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3711 9835 3742 9884 3760 9862 3751 9844
      3739 9845 3738 9837 3736 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1145Z 311DEG 13KT 3748 9867

$$

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 Jun 1, 2:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
253 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

NAM AND GFS BOTH ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PCPN DEVELOPING EARLY
THIS MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT JUST NORTH OF OUR MID LVL
BAROCLINIC ZONE WHERE GOOD WAA AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WAS PRESENT.
ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS WERE THE EXACT LOCATION OF
THIS BAROCLINIC ZONE. NAM WAS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS
AND GIVEN THE LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION THAT WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS
ERN CO EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL BE LEANING TOWARDS THE SLIGHTLY
FURTHER SOUTH SOLUTION. WITH THIS IN MIND LOOKS LIKE THE CURRENT
FORECAST IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH HIGHEST POPS IN THE HYS REGION
TOWARDS 12Z MONDAY. AS FOR THIS MORNING WILL USE A BLEND OF NAM
AND RADAR TRENDS FOR TRACK OF STORMS THROUGH 15Z.

GIVEN PCPN AND CLOUD COVER EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AM A
LITTLE CONCERNED WITH HIGHS TODAY AND MONDAY IN THE NORTH. BASED
ON 85H TEMPS AND MODEL SOUNDING IT APPEARS THAT THE COOLER MAV MAY
BE CLOSER THAN THE WARM MET. FURTHER SOUTH WHERE THE CHANCE OF
PCPN IS LESS LIKELY AND EXPECTING MORE SUN WILL TREND TOWARDS
THOSE WARMER MET HIGHS.

DAYS 3-7...

SHORT TERM WEATHER OCCUPIED MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT. THE
TUE-THU TIME FRAME WILL BE VERY ACTIVE ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT
EXACTLY WHERE IS VERY UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT. PATTERN RECOGNITION
POINTS TO THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE EASTERN PART OF
OUR FCST AREA FROM P28 TO HYS WHERE THE DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL RESIDE IN THIS RATHER PROGRESSIVE PATTERN. THE MODELS DIFFER
SOMEWHAT ON THE TIMING OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS. THE
ECMWF IS THE ONLY MODEL SHOWING A ROBUST SHORTWAVE TROUGH
APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON TUESDAY SO WE WILL NOT BUY
INTO THIS SOLUTION TONIGHT. BUT WITH A FRONT STILL AROUND ON
TUESDAY, STORMS CANT BE RULED OUT. A MUCH STRONGER BUT PROGRESSIVE
TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF
STORMS WILL BE IN OUR EAST, WITH NEGLIGIBLE CHANCES IN OUR FAR SW.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE PLAINS BY THURSDAY. BUT
AGAIN THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE IN OUR FAR
EASTERN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WERE NOT TWEAKED VERY MUCH AND LOOKED
REASONABLE.

&&

.AVIATION...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT GCK/DDC/HYS THROUGH 14Z. ANY LOW CLOUD
COVER WILL BURN OFF BY MIDMORNING AT GCK/DDC. UNTIL THEN, CEILINGS
WILL PROBABLY BE NO WORSE THAN MVFR OUTSIDE OF STORMS. BUT GCK
COULD DROP BRIEFLY TO IFR CEILINGS AROUND 12Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  81  64  89  64 /  40  20   0   0
GCK  80  62  89  62 /  60  20   0   0
EHA  87  61  98  62 /  30   0   0   0
LBL  86  62  97  64 /  30   0   0   0
HYS  79  62  82  64 /  40  60  30  10
P28  85  66  95  70 /  40  30  10   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN18/24/24

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
437 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-020945-
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-
437 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 /337 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM
THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST OF
THESE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY NORTH OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM JOHNSON CITY TO DODGE CITY. A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH 9 AM.

ANOTHER ROUND OF NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THESE
STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE LARGE HAIL. AT THIS TIME THE EXPECTED
TRACK OF THESE STORMS WILL KEEP THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION AND
HAIL NORTH OF A GARDEN CITY TO LARNED LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH 9 AM THIS
MORNING NORTH
OF A JOHNSON CITY TO DODGE CITY LINE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
457 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0451 AM     HAIL             E GARDEN CITY           37.98N 100.86W
06/01/2008  E0.75 INCH       FINNEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

18

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
526 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0524 AM     HAIL             INGALLS                 37.83N 100.45W
06/01/2008  E1.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

18

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:01 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0550 AM     HAIL             4 SSW HAVILAND          37.57N 99.13W
06/01/2008  E1.25 INCH       KIOWA              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

18

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
609 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0540 AM     HAIL             2 S MONTEZUMA           37.57N 100.44W
06/01/2008  E1.00 INCH       GRAY               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:26 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0515 AM     HAIL             9 WSW INGALLS           37.78N 100.60W
06/01/2008  E0.75 INCH       GRAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BURKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	64 min
Jun 1, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	62 min
Jun 1, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	58 min
Jun 1, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	60 min
Jun 1, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	20 min
Jun 1, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	61 min
Jun 1, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	43 min
Jun 1, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	66 min
Jun 1, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade	63 min
Jun 1, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
Jun 1, 7:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	40 min
Jun 1, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	41 min
Jun 1, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	24 min
Jun 1, 3:05 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Ellis, Rush, Trego	15 hr

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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.