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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 6, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2008, 5:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 6, 2008, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	14 Se Dighton, KS
May 6, 5:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	11 Nw Kalvesta, 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -477 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 062228
SVRDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-062300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0057.080506T2227Z-080506T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 523 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 19
  MILES NORTHWEST OF KALVESTA...OR 18 MILES EAST OF FRIEND...MOVING
  EAST AT 28 MPH.

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

THIS WARNING REPLACES AND EXPANDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR 
FINNEY AND LANE COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 10000 3800 9994 3802 10066 3820 10071
      3846 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 267DEG 24KT 3817 10055

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 062244
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

KSC055-083-101-135-062300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080506T2300Z/
LANE KS-NESS KS-FINNEY KS-HODGEMAN KS-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...WESTERN NESS AND
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

AT 542 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 11 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOTA...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALAMOTA...
  BEELER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 10000 3800 9994 3802 10066 3820 10071
      3846 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 267DEG 24KT 3828 10026

$$

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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 May 6, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WAS PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OLD
MEXICO AND THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TODAY. A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM
NEAR LAS VEGAS NM TO FAR SE COLORADO. A SUBTLE WARM FRONT EXTENDED
ESE FROM THE DRYLINE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A STORM DEVELOPED BY
EARLY AFTERNOON IN PROWERS COUNTY AT THIS INTERSECTION. DEWPOINT
DEPRESSIONS WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH THIS AFTERNOON SO TORNADIC STORMS
ARE UNLIKELY. THE SHEAR PROFILE IS NOT THAT GREAT YET EITHER.
HOWEVER, HIGHER DEWPOINTS WERE SURGING NORTH INTO EASTERN NM AND
WEST TEXAS. TORNADO CHANCES COULD INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING ALONG
AND AHEAD OF AN EASTERN, MORE SUBTLE DRYLINE THAT WILL EXTEND FROM
NEAR HUGOTON TO CLOVIS. BUT COMPLICATING MATTERS EVEN MORE IS A
MESOHIGH OVER WEST TEXAS THAT HAS TEMPORARILY AFFECTED THE LOW
LEVEL WIND FIELD.

AS THE UPPER TROUGH PROGRESSES EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON, A 115KT
JET STREAK WILL NOSE INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THIS JET MAY HELP
INITIATE STORMS WELL SOUTH OF OUR FCST AREA TODAY. THE STORMS
ONGOING OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL KS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF DDC.

THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL PASS TO OUR SW AND SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LIKELY FROM DDC SOUTH. THESE STORMS
WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE SINCE THE LOW LEVEL WILL BE MUCH MORE
STABLE DUE TO OVERNIGHT STORMS AND DIURNAL COOLING.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH BY THURSDAY. STORMS MAY INITIATE
LATE IN THE DAY NEAR THE DRYLINE/FRONT INTERSECTION AND THEN BUILD
INTO AN MCS OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KS.

DAYS 3-7...

THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS, THEN RIDGING INCREASES INTO MONDAY WITH A WARMING
TREND. BY TUESDAY THE ECMWF AND THE GFS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE
NEXT TROUGH PLACEMENT. WILL HEDGE TOWARD THE WARMER ECMWF FOR THE
TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD STAY FAIRLY MILD IN THE 40S AND
50S WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S FRIDAY, LOW 70S FOR THE
WEEKEND, THEN WARMING TO THE MID 70S FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.AVIATION...

LOOK FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM MAINLY IN THE HAYS REGION
AFTER 5 PM WITH SOME MORE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
DODGE CITY AND GARDEN CITY TAF AREAS. IF A LARGE AREA OF OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS FORMS SOUTH OF KANSAS INTO WEST TEXAS THEN THE DODGE
CITY AREA COULD BE BETWEEN STORMS NORTH AND STORMS SOUTH. A COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE GOODLAND AREA TOWARD HAYS AND
GARDEN CITY AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH POSSIBLY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG IT. SOME STRATUS MAY ALSO FORM BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR A FEW
HOURS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  57  66  48  78 /  70  80  20   0
GCK  55  65  47  80 /  60  60   0   0
EHA  55  66  48  84 /  50  50   0   0
LBL  56  66  49  82 /  60  70  20   0
HYS  56  69  46  76 /  60  40  20   0
P28  62  69  52  78 /  60  80  30   0

&&

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

FN24/06

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 12:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1221 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

KSZ066-079>081-089-090-071730-
STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
1221 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 8 PM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A FEW
OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 8 PM.

&&

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

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-077-078-087-088-071730-
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK-
1221 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 6 PM CDT.

&&

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

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-071730-
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-
1221 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008 /1121 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS AFTER 2
PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BASEBALLS. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE STORMS MAY
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BUT THESE STORMS
WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM CDT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
333 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0325 PM     HAIL             10 N KENDALL            38.08N 101.54W
05/06/2008  M0.75 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   PUBLIC

&&

06

Local storm report, May 6, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
407 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0345 PM     HAIL             12 N LAKIN              38.11N 101.26W
05/06/2008  E0.88 INCH       KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, May 6, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0351 PM     HAIL             15 N LAKIN              38.16N 101.26W
05/06/2008  M0.75 INCH       KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

0405 PM     HAIL             N LAKIN                 37.94N 101.26W
05/06/2008  M1.00 INCH       KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, May 6, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
422 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0419 PM     HAIL             19 NNE LAKIN            38.19N 101.12W
05/06/2008  E0.88 INCH       KEARNY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            IT HAS THE GROUND COVERED.

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 6, 5:06 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
506 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0450 PM     HAIL             16 N HOLCOMB            38.22N 100.99W
05/06/2008  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

            THERE WAS A LOT OF HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. SIZES RANGED
            FROM PEAS TO QUARTERS.

&&

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:14 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008

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

0500 PM     HAIL             15 NNE HOLCOMB          38.19N 100.88W
05/06/2008  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

            IT HAILED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

&&

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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
May 5, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	33 min
May 5, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 5, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	38 min
May 5, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	44 min
May 5, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	43 min
May 5, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	20 min
May 5, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	66 min
May 5, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	38 min
May 5, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt	49 min
May 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Seward	7 hr
May 5, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	25 min
May 6, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott	46 min
May 6, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott	65 min
May 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	39 min
May 6, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	26 min
May 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 2 more	62 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.