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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2008Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 10:58 AM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 23, 2008, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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, 11:15 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 E Wilmore, KS	HIS DAVIS EQUIPMENT RECORDED A 34 MPH WIND GUST AT THIS TIME.

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
Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 231558
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-231630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0018.080423T1558Z-080423T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1058 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1056 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  AETNA.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER AETNA...MOVING NORTH AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...
  SUN CITY...
  BELVIDERE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND
  WESTERN BARBER 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 3745 9912 3741 9852 3700 9895 3718 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 195DEG 32KT 3724 9904

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231616
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1117 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC033-097-231627-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080423T1630Z/
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
1117 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3710 9884 3725 9900 3738 9899 3741 9853
      3739 9855 3734 9860 3733 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 211DEG 37KT 3730 9886

$$

KSC007-231630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080423T1630Z/
BARBER KS-
1117 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 1115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUN CITY...
  LAKE CITY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3710 9884 3725 9900 3738 9899 3741 9853
      3739 9855 3734 9860 3733 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 211DEG 37KT 3730 9886

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231625
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1125 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC007-231635-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080423T1630Z/
BARBER KS-
1125 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BARBER COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1130 AM CDT...

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 WESTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3710 9884 3725 9900 3738 9899 3741 9853
      3739 9855 3734 9860 3733 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 223DEG 32KT 3726 9876

$$

UMSCHEID

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 Apr 23, 3:26 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:26 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
326 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE HIGH TEMPS TODAY, AREAS OF FOG, AND
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

A SOUTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD FROM NEW
MEXICO INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA TODAY BRING A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. NOT ALOT OF GROUND HEATING IS EXPECTED SO CAPE
FORECAST ONLY AROUND 1000 J/KG AND THIS COULD LIMIT THE SEVERE
THREAT. BUT A FEW LARGE HAILERS STILL POSSIBLE. HIGHS TODAY WILL
AUGMENTED BY HOW MUCH CLOUD REMAINS AFTER MORNING STRATUS AND
POSSIBLE FOG. MET GUIDANCE IS THE COOLEST FOR HIGHS TODAY AROUND 67
WITH FWC LOOKING WAY TOO WARM AND AROUND 78, UNLESS LOTS OF SUNSHINE
BREAKS OUT. WILL TREND TOWARD COOLER MET GUIDANCE OF AROUND 70 TO
MID 70S WEST. QPF IS FORECAST TO RUN ON AVERAGE FROM .10 TO .40 WITH
THE SREF ONLY SHOWING AROUND .15 INCHES OF RAINFALL TOTAL.

AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST OF DODGE CITY BY AROUND 7PM
TONIGHT, ANY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. STRATUS IS
FORECAST TOO AGAIN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND LOWS SHOULD STAY VERY MILD
IN THE LOW TO MID 50S NORTH AND WEST TO LOWER 60S SOUTHEAST.

ON THURSDAY A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CWA
WITH CLEARING SKIES WEST AND WARMING TEMPS INTO THE MID 80S WEST. AN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES IN THE EAST CWA WITH HIGHER DEWPOINTS
AND WILL CONTINUE THE SMALL POP EAST IN CASE SOMETHING DEVELOPS AND
POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GOOD NORTHWEST WINDS ON THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. MODELS SUGGEST AN MCS UP IN FAR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BUT DRY INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE
COLD FRONT SHOULD COME THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S WEST TO MID
50S SOUTHEAST LOOK GOOD.

DAYS 3-7...

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT TONIGHT.  ONE SHORTWAVE
TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS ON FRIDAY, WITH THE SFC FRONT
MOVING BY IN THE MORNING AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN.  GOING
FORECAST HAD DRYING TREND, AND SAW LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE THIS.  ON
SATURDAY, ALL THE MODELS BRING ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE
PLAINS, WITH A DECENT SFC LOW DEVELOPING AND A FRONT PUSHING DOWN.
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SPIT OUT SOME PRECIP WITH THIS FRONT SATURDAY
NIGHT, AND THE ENSEMBLES HAVE DECENT PROBABILITIES.  BUMPED UP POPS
JUST A TAD IN NORTH AND EAST.  AFTER THE FRONT PASSES, 850MB TEMPS
WILL GET DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON SUNDAY IN OUR EASTERN
COUNTIES, SO BUMPED DOWN HIGHS A COUPLE OF DEGREES.  CONDITIONS
SHOULD BECOME DRIER AND WARMER EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH
MOVES EAST AND WE GET WEAK RIDGING/ZONAL FLOW BETWEEN SYSTEMS.
MINOR TWEAKS ELSEWHERE IN THE FORECAST.

.AVIATION...

EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO BRING MOISTURE INTO WESTERN KS, ALTHOUGH
NOT QUITE AS FAST AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.  IFR AND LOWER CEILINGS
AND VIS SHOULD ARRIVE SHORTLY BEFORE 12Z, ABOUT 2-3 HRS SLOWER THAN
PREVIOUS FORECASTS.  SOME OF THE STRATUS WILL START MIXING OUT BY
AFTERNOON, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME LIMITATIONS TO CEILINGS AND VIS
AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN.  TS ACTIVITY WILL
MOVE EASTWARD THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STRATUS WILL AGAIN FORM
BY MORNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  72  58  82  49 /  50  40  20  20
GCK  72  56  83  45 /  40  30  20  20
EHA  76  52  84  45 /  40  30  10  10
LBL  75  56  84  48 /  50  40  10  10
HYS  71  57  79  46 /  50  40  20  30
P28  72  62  81  54 /  60  40  20  30

&&

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

FN06/26

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 3:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-241000-
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-
346 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 /246 AM MDT WED APR 23 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 UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM NEW MEXICO
INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. GOOD MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE DRAWN NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL GIVE
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL. THE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BY
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS
A WARM FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY EAST OF AN
ASHLAND TO DIGHTON LINE. SOME OF THESE COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY
NIGHT...HOWEVER IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND
TONIGHT...HOWEVER PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

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

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
932 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

0920 AM     HAIL             5 NNW FOWLER            37.46N 100.22W
04/23/2008  E0.88 INCH       MEADE              KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Local storm report, Apr 23, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
949 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

0925 AM     HAIL             3 ENE RADIUM            38.19N 98.84W
04/23/2008  E0.88 INCH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

0927 AM     HAIL             1 E RADIUM              38.17N 98.87W
04/23/2008  E0.75 INCH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

0927 AM     HAIL             5 E RADIUM              38.17N 98.81W
04/23/2008  E0.75 INCH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:16 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1016 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1005 AM     HAIL             7 SE THE HAGGARD ELEV   37.55N 100.21W
04/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       GRAY               KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:29 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1017 AM     HAIL             8 NNW MINNEOLA          37.55N 100.05W
04/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:46 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1046 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1017 AM     HAIL             8 NNW MINNEOLA          37.55N 100.05W
04/23/2008  E0.50 INCH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

1040 AM     HAIL             4 ENE WILMORE           37.36N 99.15W
04/23/2008  E1.75 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

            HEAVY RAIN ALSO

&&

LEE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	33 min
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, 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.