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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 22, 20088 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2008, 12:14 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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: Oct 22, 2008, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 22, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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
Oct 22, 12:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Frizell, KS	TREE LIMBS UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND PART OF THE GUTTER WAS BLOWN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL IN LARNED.
Oct 22, 12:25 AM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Ne Ash Valley, 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 21, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 21, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 220514
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-097-145-151-165-185-220600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0335.081022T0514Z-081022T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1214 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASH VALLEY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF KINSLEY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM...MOVING EAST AT 62 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3748 10016 3786 9971 3843 9928 3843 9901
      3826 9901 3826 9848 3824 9846 3788 9846
      3781 9844 3763 9844 3748 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 273DEG 54KT 3833 9902 3795 9925
          3756 9981

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 220541
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1241 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

KSC047-057-083-097-145-151-165-185-220600-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0335.000000T0000Z-081022T0600Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-PRATT KS-
KIOWA KS-
1240 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR KIOWA...PRATT...EASTERN FORD...EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
STAFFORD...PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF 
RADIUM TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPEWELL TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MULLINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RADIUM...
  SEWARD...
  WELLSFORD...
  HUDSON...
  COATS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...
  PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND STAFFORD
  COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3748 10016 3786 9971 3843 9928 3843 9901
      3826 9901 3826 9848 3824 9846 3788 9846
      3781 9844 3763 9844 3748 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 273DEG 54KT 3831 9886 3784 9899
          3745 9933

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 220601
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
101 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

KSC047-057-083-097-145-151-165-185-220611-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0335.000000T0000Z-081022T0600Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-PRATT KS-
KIOWA KS-
101 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KIOWA...PRATT...EASTERN
FORD...EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...STAFFORD...PAWNEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 100 AM CDT...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOPEWELL...
  SEWARD...
  WELLSFORD...
  STAFFORD...
  PRATT...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...
  PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND STAFFORD
  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 FORD...EDWARDS...KIOWA...
PAWNEE...PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND
STAFFORD COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3748 10016 3786 9971 3843 9928 3843 9901
      3826 9901 3826 9848 3824 9846 3788 9846
      3781 9844 3763 9844 3748 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 273DEG 54KT 3830 9884 3783 9897
          3744 9931

$$

GERARD

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 Oct 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
330 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING,
FOLLOWED BY HIGH WIND POTENTIAL AS A FRONT PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW.

EARLY IN THE SHIFT, AFTER LOOKING AT A FEW MODELS AND ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS, IT APPEARED A HIGH WIND WARNING MIGHT BE NEEDED LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  THE GRADIENT FORCES AND THE STRENGTH OF THE
COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT TOMORROW PROMPTED ME TO GO AHEAD
AND ISSUE A HWW, FROM 22/06Z-23/00Z FOR THE AREA WEST OF A WAKEENEY
TO DODGE CITY TO COLDWATER LINE.  THE WIND SPEEDS COULD BE
MARGINALLY AT THE WARNING CRITERIA, BUT THOUGHT A WARNING VS
ADVISORY WAS THE SAFER WAY TO GO.  IN MY EASTERN ZONES, AN ADVISORY
WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING ICTS LEAD AFTER 12Z WED AND UNTIL 06Z
WED NT.

THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 19Z SHOWED A WARM FRONT PUSHING
NORTH THROUGH MY WESTERN MOST ZONES, WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING AND
DEVELOPING FROM WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTWARD
INTO UTAH.  A SURFACE TROUGH WAS EVIDENT FROM JUST WEST OF
SYRACUSE, KS SOUTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE COLD
FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST WITH AN UPPER LEVEL 130KT JET COMING
DOWN THE BACK SIDE.  AS THE COLD FRONT ENCOUNTERS CONVERGING LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IN WESTERN KANSAS, THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND STORMS,
WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.  THE MAIN HAZARD SHOULD BE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS, WITH A SECONDARY RISK FOR WIND GUST OVER 60 MPH.
ATTM, DO NOT THINK ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL GET GOING IN OUR CWA
PRIOR OT 8 PM CDT, AND THEY SHOULD FORM FIRST IN FAR WESTERN PARTS
WHERE SURFACE HEATING HAS BEEN THE BEST.  THE BEST FORCING SHOULD BE
WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, AND MORE QPF AS A RESULT OF BETTER
LIFT.  THINK THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL SEE OVER 1/2-INCH OF RAIN
AND THE REST LESS THEN 1/2-INCH OF RAIN.  CATEGORICAL POPS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT PASSING.

THE UPPER LOW WILL BE SLOWER TO CROSS FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY.  SO, BUMPED THE POPS UP ON WEDNESDAY TO HIGH CHANCE
FOR LIGHT RAIN.  TEMPERATURES STAYED NEARLY THE SAME AS WERE IN
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST, 40S TONIGHT, NOT MUCH RISE WED IN PRECIP AND
CLOUDS, THEN LOWER 30S NW TO UPPER 30S SE WED NT, AND AN EVEN
COLDER DAY THURSDAY IN THE THICK OF THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE.

DAYS 3-7...

A CLOSED OFF UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE SITUATED ACROSS KANSAS TO
BEGIN THE PERIOD FRIDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL
AGREEMENT INDICATING THE UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO EDGE SLOWLY EASTWARD
INTO MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON OUT OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY. AN
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO BE SLOW TO TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH
THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL RESULT IN NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CWA THROUGH SUNDAY. MEANWHILE, UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN
BUILDING AND TAKING CONTROL ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. EXPECT FAIRLY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, A CHILLY START TO THE PERIOD CAN BE
EXPECTED AS WESTERN KANSAS WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DECENT
COLD AIR ADVECTION FROM A LOW LEVEL NORTHERLY FLOW. ON FRIDAY
MORNING, TEMPERATURES AT H85 WILL BE DOWN NEAR 0C ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CWA. AS A RESULT, SURFACE LOWS WILL BE DOWN INTO THE 30S(F). A
POSSIBLE ISSUE WILL BE HOW FAR EAST THE UPPER LOW MOVES WITH
ASSOCIATED CLOUDINESS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THOUGH. IF IT MOVES
FAR ENOUGH EAST, A FEW UPPER 20S(F) WONT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION IN
OUR NORTHWEST WHERE CLOUDS WOULD BE DECREASING. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT H85 RANGING FROM
THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS(C) EAST TO THE LOWER TEENS(C) WEST. AS THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE WEST CONTINUES TO BUILD, EXPECT A GRADUAL
WARM UP IN TEMPERATURES BACK UP NEAR NORMAL LEVELS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PLAN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS
OVERNIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY AROUND 12Z. EXPECT PERIODS OF
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT
MOVES THROUGH ALONG WITH ANY POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...MAINLY
AFTER 02Z. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
SOMEWHAT BY EARLY AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG THROUGH
THE END OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  41  47  34  46 /  90  40  20  20
GCK  40  47  32  46 /  90  40  20  20
EHA  40  51  32  53 /  40  10  10  20
LBL  40  50  33  51 /  50  20  10  20
HYS  40  43  34  41 /  90  40  40  40
P28  47  53  39  48 /  70  80  30  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM
MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088.

&&

FN12/32/32

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 12:28 PM CDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1228 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-221000-
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-
1228 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008 /1128 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT
FROM THE NORTHWEST. AT THE SAME TIME, AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL
CROSS FROM WEST TO EAST. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT AS IT PASSES. LARGE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

ADDITIONALLY, VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
SCOTT CITY TO JOHNSON CITY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, AND NORTHWEST
OF A WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE LINE BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.
THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH
AS 60 MPH WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AS MENTIONED ABOVE, VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WEST OF A
WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO COLDWATER LINE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL ABATE SOME WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT
PULLS EASTWARD AWAY FROM SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. MORE LIGHT RAIN IS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY, BUT NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 21, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1025 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 NE HICKOK             37.64N 101.13W
10/21/2008  E60 MPH          GRANT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MB

Local storm report, Oct 21, 11:20 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1120 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1110 PM     TSTM WND GST     HUGOTON                 37.18N 101.35W
10/21/2008  M58.00 MPH       STEVENS            KS   AWOS

&&

MGERARD

Local storm report, Oct 21, 11:34 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1134 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1124 PM     HAIL             SUBLETTE                37.48N 100.85W
10/21/2008  E0.88 INCH       HASKELL            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL RANGED FROM PEA TO NICKLE SIZED.

&&

MB

Local storm report, Oct 21, 11:37 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1137 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1122 PM     TSTM WND GST     JETMORE                 38.08N 99.89W
10/21/2008  E55 MPH          HODGEMAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 50 TO 60 MPH. BIG TRASH
            CONTAINERS WERE BEING MOVED AROUND.

&&

MB

Local storm report, Oct 21, 11:38 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1138 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1135 PM     TSTM WND GST     LIBERAL                 37.04N 100.94W
10/21/2008  M70.00 MPH       SEWARD             KS   ASOS

&&

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Local storm report, Oct 21, 11:39 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1139 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

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

1135 PM     TSTM WND GST     LIBERAL                 37.04N 100.94W
10/21/2008  M81.00 MPH       SEWARD             KS   ASOS

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 21, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	67 min
Oct 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	50 min
Oct 21, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	43 min
Oct 21, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	45 min
Oct 21, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	45 min
Oct 21, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	44 min
Oct 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny	38 min
Oct 21, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	44 min
Oct 21, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Scott	39 min
Oct 21, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	54 min
Oct 21, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kearny	42 min
Oct 21, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Seward, Stevens	38 min
Oct 21, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 10 more	43 min
Oct 21, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	46 min
Oct 21, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward, Stevens	43 min
Oct 21, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	43 min
Oct 21, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Kiowa and 1 more	48 min
Oct 21, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	46 min
Oct 22, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	37 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.