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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 22, 2008Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 6:25 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2008, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 2	5 Se Coldwater, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 222326
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-230015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0260.080622T2325Z-080623T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM 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 16
  MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLDWATER...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER
  COUNTIES.

AT 620 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 8 MILES EAST 
SOUTHEAST OF COLDWATER.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR COMANCHE AND 
BARBER COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3700 9880 3700 9925 3727 9933 3732 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 330DEG 20KT 3719 9921

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 222350
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
650 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSC007-033-230015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-080623T0015Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
650 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 645 PM 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 15 MILES WEST OF AETNA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF BUTTERMILK...
MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER
  COUNTIES.

AT 630 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER 5 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLDWATER.

IN ADDITION...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3704 9925 3705 9927 3717 9929 3727 9933
      3732 9907 3700 9880 3699 9917 3701 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 356DEG 15KT 3710 9924

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 230013
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
713 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSC007-033-230023-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-080623T0015Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
713 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COMANCHE AND
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM 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 SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY BEFORE IT 
MOVES SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3704 9925 3705 9927 3717 9929 3727 9933
      3732 9907 3700 9880 3699 9917 3701 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 356DEG 15KT 3700 9923

$$

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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 22, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
259 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

INITIAL FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE POPS THIS EVENING FROM SCATTERED
TSRA THAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MY CWA. AFTERNOON HEATING AND WEAK
SURFACE CONVERGENCE FROM MY SOUTHEAST COUNTIES NORTHWEST INTO THE
GLD AREA HAS RESULTED IN A MODERATE CU FIELD AND TCU...A FEW OF
WHICH HAVE GLACIATED. EVEN THOUGH SURFACE BASED CAPES ARE AROUND
2500 J/KG...I CANNOT FIND GOOD FORCING ALOFT. THUS IM UNCERTAIN
ABOUT HOW ORGANIZED ANY OF THIS COULD GET. MODELS DO INDICATE THE
LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD BACKING DURING THE EVENING AND STRENGTHENING
SO THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WILL RAISE POPS TO COVER
THE EVENING ACTIVITY.

ON MONDAY THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE BETTER UPPER SUPPORT IN THE
FORM OF A S/WV TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES. WILL BASICALLY
KEEP PREVIOUS POPS BUT ADJUST FOR TIMING WHERE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
TSRA DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL BE IN MY NW CWA THEN SPREADING EAST
AND SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. COULD HAVE MORE ORGANIZATION IN
THE FORM OF AN MCS.

MAX TEMPS ON MONDAY WILL BE COOLER THAN TODAY MAINLY BECAUSE OF
DEEPER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WHICH WILL NOT MIX OUT AS MUCH
(COMPARED TO TODAY) PLUS SFC WINDS WILL HAVE MORE OF A SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST COMPONENT.  80H TEMPS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER TOO.

DAYS 3-7...

MOST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS
MORNING ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL WESTERLY
FLOW SHIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THIS WEEK. THE
INCREASED HEIGHTS AND EASTWARD DISPLACEMENT OF THE WARMER MID LEVEL
TEMPERATURES WILL HELP WARM DAILY MAX TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S
AND EVEN TOWARD THE 100 DEGREE MARK IN SOME PLACES. LATE IN THE WEEK
THE MODELS SHOW THE UPPER FLOW TURNING A LITTLE MORE NORTHWESTERLY
AGAIN AS THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SLIDE DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE INTO
THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A SURFACE FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH
INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON FRIDAY WHICH SEEMS POSSIBLE GIVEN
THE ORIENTATION OF THE UPPER FLOW. THE FRONT COULD LINGER INTO
SATURDAY BUT THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD WITH HEIGHTS
BUILDING BACK OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AGAIN. WILL BUMP POPS UP INTO
THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH CORRESPONDS WELL
WITH WHAT IS DEPICTED IN THE ISC GRIDS. WILL ALSO GO WITH AT LEAST A
SILENT POP ON SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NOW.

.AVIATION...

SCATTERED HIGH BASED CUMULUS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ESPECIALLY AROUND KGCK/KDDC. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER 21Z AND WILL BE PROPAGATING
SOUTHWARD. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DIMINISHING AROUND OR AFTER SUNSET.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  65  91  66  93 /  30  30  40  10
GCK  63  91  65  93 /  30  30  40  10
EHA  65  94  63  94 /  30  30  40  10
LBL  65  92  65  94 /  20  20  40  10
HYS  65  89  66  92 /  30  40  50  10
P28  67  93  68  94 /  30  10  40  20

&&

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

FN07/02

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:44 AM CDT, 13 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
444 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230945-
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-
444 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 /344 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 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

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

12/24

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
436 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KSZ080-222215-
KIOWA-
436 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAVILAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 12 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3740 9901 3741 9933 3767 9923 3766 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 004DEG 11KT 3759 9917

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
442 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0434 PM     HAIL             5 W HAVILAND            37.62N 99.20W
06/22/2008  E0.88 INCH       KIOWA              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

26

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0447 PM     HAIL             8 E GREENSBURG          37.61N 99.15W
06/22/2008  E0.88 INCH       KIOWA              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MSCOTT

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:39 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0536 PM     HAIL             15 SSE GREENSBURG       37.40N 99.19W
06/22/2008  M0.88 INCH       KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

&&

06

Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0620 PM     HAIL             8 ESE COLDWATER         37.21N 99.20W
06/22/2008  M1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

06

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford	58 min
Jun 22, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	39 min
Jun 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	42 min
Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	48 min

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.