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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2008Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
May 5, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
May 5, 5:55 PM CDTHAIL 114 Ssw Ulysses, KS
May 5, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 E Richfield, 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
May 5, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2008-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 2008-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 052212
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-052300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0039.080505T2213Z-080505T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
513 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 507 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 20 MILES WEST OF HUGOTON...
  OR 5 MILES EAST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUGOTON...
  MOSCOW...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHERN STEVENS
  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 3715 10174 3737 10180 3740 10168 3740 10135
      3738 10133 3739 10117 3719 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 258DEG 27KT 3729 10164

$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052246
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008

KSC129-189-052300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080505T2300Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
546 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
MOSCOW...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3715 10174 3737 10180 3740 10168 3740 10135
      3738 10133 3739 10117 3719 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 254DEG 29KT 3735 10133

$$

GERARD
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052302
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
603 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008

KSC129-189-052313-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080505T2300Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
603 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND
NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 600 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 NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND NORTHERN STEVENS
COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3715 10174 3737 10180 3740 10168 3740 10135
      3738 10133 3739 10117 3719 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 254DEG 29KT 3735 10133

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess49 min
May 5, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness52 min
May 5, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego39 min
May 5, 5:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush47 min
May 5, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego51 min
May 5, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego10 min
May 5, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego43 min
May 5, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego38 min
May 5, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego6 hr
May 5, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott47 min
May 5, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny38 min
May 5, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott28 min
May 5, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis24 min
May 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny50 min
May 5, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness51 min
May 5, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton49 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis19 min
May 5, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott30 min
May 5, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney46 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott38 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness56 min
May 5, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens52 min
May 5, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney47 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman28 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray49 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens48 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.