Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2008, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 300156 SVRDDC KSC069-081-119-300245- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0310.080830T0156Z-080830T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 856 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 852 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 5 MILES WEST OF MISSLER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 21 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MISSLER... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY 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 3753 10073 3753 10042 3724 10038 3722 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 152DEG 18KT 3734 10053 $$ RITTERLING
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 300220 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 920 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 KSC069-081-119-300229- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080830T0245Z/ GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-MEADE KS- 919 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...EAST CENTRAL HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MISSLER... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3753 10073 3753 10042 3724 10038 3722 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 164DEG 14KT 3741 10057 $$ RITTERLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 16 min |
| Aug 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.