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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2008Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 19, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2008, 5:16 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 19, 4:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	16 Wnw Meade, KS
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	12 Wnw Meade, 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 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 192138
SVRDDC
KSC119-192230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0246.080619T2138Z-080619T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
438 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM 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
  MISSLER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PLAINS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSLER...
  MEADE...
  MEADE STATE PARK...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF MEADE COUNTY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL
QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3743 10013 3709 10009 3703 10033 3731 10062
      3739 10062 3746 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 316DEG 26KT 3736 10058

$$

18

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192152
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
452 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSC119-192230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-080619T2230Z/
MEADE KS-
452 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MISSLER...OR 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PLAINS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADE BY 505 PM CDT...
  MEADE STATE PARK BY 510 PM CDT...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSLER...
  MEADE...
  MEADE STATE PARK...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY.

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 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3703 10033 3731 10062 3734 10055 3742 10051
      3739 10012 3731 10012 3730 10011 3719 10011
      3709 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 316DEG 26KT 3729 10049

$$

18

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192200
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
500 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSC119-192230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-080619T2230Z/
MEADE KS-
500 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...

AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSLER...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADE BY 510 PM CDT...
  MEADE STATE PARK BY 515 PM CDT...

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 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3703 10033 3729 10061 3733 10054 3742 10049
      3739 10012 3731 10012 3730 10011 3719 10011
      3709 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 315DEG 17KT 3725 10045

$$

BIELINSKI

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192216
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSC119-192226-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-080619T2230Z/
MEADE KS-
516 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MEADE 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 CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3703 10033 3729 10061 3733 10054 3742 10049
      3739 10012 3731 10012 3730 10011 3719 10011
      3709 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 315DEG 17KT 3720 10038

$$

BIELINSKI

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 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
348 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THE CURRENT PATTERN HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO FCST GIVEN ALL
THE MESOSCALE SYSTEMS THAT THE MODELS DO NOT CAPTURE. THIS
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SINCE WE WILL REMAIN NEAR
THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES. CLIMATOLOGICALLY, MID JUNE
INTO EARLY JULY IS THE MOST FAVORED TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THIS
PATTERN SINCE SFC BASED INSTABILITY IS USUALLY TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND
OUR FCST AREA TENDS TO BE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF
THE WESTERLIES.

WESTERN KANSAS WAS IN THE EXIT REGION OF AN UPPER JET STREAK AGAIN
TODAY. STORMS WERE ONGOING AND POPS FOR THIS EVENING WERE HEAVILY
INFLUENCED BY CURRENT RADAR TRENDS.

THE MODELS PUSH CONVECTION DOWN THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND STABILIZE
WESTERN KANSAS. SFC AND ELEVATED CAPES SHOULD BE LOWER ON THURSDAY
DESPITE FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS(NOSE OF 70KT JET IN WESTERN KS).
SO TEMPS SHOULD RECOVER INTO THE 80S. GIVEN THE HIGHER STABILITY
OVER THE PLAINS, THE BEST CHANCE OF STORM INITIATION MAY BE ON THE
FRONT RANGE. BUT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL DRIFT INTO WESTERN
KANSAS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DAYS 3-7...

THE LOW WILL AMPLIFY BY SATURDAY EVENING WITH MORE OF A NNW OR NW MID
LEVEL FLOW PATTERN. ANY STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE TERRAIN FEATURES
TO OUR WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD TEND TO STAY WEST OF OUR AREA. OUR
WESTERN COUNTIES HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORMS MOVE ONTO THE LOWER TERRAIN.

UPPER RIDGING SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED SUNDAY AS THE ECMWF CONTINUES
TO SHOW AN MCS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK IMPULSE CROSSES THE AREA. POPS WERE RAISED
TO 40 PERCENT FOR THIS SYSTEM.

THE ECMWF HAS BACKED OFF ON THE LARGE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW
FOR JUNE 26-28. BUT THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW SW KS IN
A FAVORED AREA FOR STORM CLUSTERS--NEAR THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
WESTERLIES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  62  85  62  87 /  30  30  30  20
GCK  60  85  60  88 /  30  30  30  30
EHA  60  88  61  89 /  60  40  40  30
LBL  61  86  61  88 /  80  40  40  20
HYS  59  84  61  85 /  30  20  20  20
P28  65  85  63  85 /  30  30  30  20

&&

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

FN24/18

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:27 AM CDT, 12 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201000-
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-
427 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 /327 AM MDT THU JUN 19 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 MOVING FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE
PLAINS TODAY WILL HELP SET OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH GOOD
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR...ANY STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE
QUESTION. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE ACTIVITY WILL MERGE
INTO A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS...BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STORMS MOVING OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN OF EASTERN COLORADO INTO FAR
WESTERN KANSAS COULD BRING A THREAT FOR HAIL AND HIGH WINDS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF A LIBERAL TO SCOTT CITY LINE.

THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE CHANCES FOR THESE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE IS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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

RITTERLING

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:43 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0342 PM     HAIL             13 NE JOHNSON CITY      37.70N 101.58W
06/19/2008  E0.75 INCH       STANTON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
348 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0345 PM     HAIL             16 NE JOHNSON CITY      37.73N 101.55W
06/19/2008  E1.00 INCH       STANTON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MB

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
403 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

KSZ061>063-074>076-192145-
FINNEY-GRANT-HAMILTON-HASKELL-KEARNY-STANTON-
403 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FINNEY...GRANT...HAMILTON...
HASKELL...KEARNY AND STANTON COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUBLETTE TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3740 10203 3797 10207 3765 10066 3739 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 332DEG 39KT 3747 10081

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
416 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0416 PM     HAIL             2 W ULYSSES             37.58N 101.39W
06/19/2008  E1.00 INCH       GRANT              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO QUARTER

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:21 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
421 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0400 PM     HAIL             8 WNW ULYSSES           37.62N 101.49W
06/19/2008  M1.25 INCH       GRANT              KS   PUBLIC

&&

06

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:31 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
431 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0426 PM     HAIL             2 SSW ULYSSES           37.55N 101.37W
06/19/2008  E1.75 INCH       GRANT              KS   PUBLIC

&&

JB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	54 min
Jun 18, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	6 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	47 min
Jun 18, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	52 min
Jun 18, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Meade	28 min
Jun 18, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stevens	45 min
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	65 min
Jun 18, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	47 min
Jun 18, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	66 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	17 min
Jun 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	45 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Kearny	5 hr
Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	30 min
Jun 19, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny	52 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton	52 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stanton	42 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	28 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	40 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	53 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	12 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.