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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 2, 2008Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2008, 4:12 PM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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: Mar 2, 2008, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2008, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Mar 2, 4:15 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 63	6 Nw Kiowa, KS	ALSO WITH 1/4-INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Mar 2, 4:23 PM CST	HAIL 1	Hazelton, KS	NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.

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
Mar 2, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -504 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 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 022213
SVRDDC
KSC007-022230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.080302T2212Z-080302T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
412 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 408 PM CST...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 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KIOWA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIOWA...
  HAZELTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

AT 405 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING THE 
GROUND IN HARDTNER.

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 800 PM CST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3729 9835 3701 9835 3700 9851 3713 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 249DEG 39KT 3707 9848

$$
BIELINSKI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 022221
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
420 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

KSC007-022230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080302T2230Z/
BARBER KS-
420 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 415 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL TO THE 
SIZE OF QUARTERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
HAZELTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZELTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL.

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 800 PM CST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3717 9850 3724 9837 3701 9835 3700 9838
      3701 9839 3700 9839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 249DEG 39KT 3710 9838

$$

BIELINSKI

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 022227
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

KSC007-022237-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080302T2230Z/
BARBER KS-
427 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 430 PM CST...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3717 9850 3724 9837 3701 9835 3700 9838
      3701 9839 3700 9839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 249DEG 39KT 3712 9829

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	23 hr
Mar 2, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	23 min
Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 6 more	8 hr

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.