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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2008Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 12:32 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 12:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.5St. John, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 231706
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-231745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.080423T1705Z-080423T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1205 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. JOHN. ANOTHER SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RADIUM...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. JOHN...
  STAFFORD...
  RADIUM...
  HUDSON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND 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.

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

LAT...LON 3825 9898 3825 9847 3803 9847 3784 9862
      3805 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 211DEG 22KT 3798 9871

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231724
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1223 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC145-231733-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
PAWNEE KS-
1223 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3825 9873 3825 9847 3803 9847 3796 9854
      3803 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 211DEG 22KT 3806 9864

$$

KSC185-231745-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1223 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 1221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...
  HUDSON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

AT 1210...STAFFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED INCH AND A 
HALF DIAMETER HAIL ONE MILE WEST OF SAINT JOHN.

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 400 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9873 3825 9847 3803 9847 3796 9854
      3803 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 211DEG 22KT 3806 9864

$$

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 231732
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1233 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

KSC185-231743-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080423T1745Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1233 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
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 NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3825 9873 3825 9847 3803 9847 3796 9854
      3803 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 211DEG 22KT 3811 9860

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford33 min
Apr 23, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade44 min
Apr 23, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade30 min
Apr 23, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford38 min
Apr 23, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade47 min
Apr 23, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt38 min
Apr 23, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa32 min
Apr 23, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord36 min
Apr 23, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman46 min
Apr 23, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman29 min
Apr 23, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward50 min
Apr 23, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell32 min
Apr 23, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney44 min
Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens40 min
Apr 23, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant34 min
Apr 23, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny29 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.