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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 18, 2009Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2009, 2:14 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 18, 2009, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2009-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 2009-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 181914
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-182000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.090418T1914Z-090418T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JETMORE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10011 3840 9988 3793 9989 3793 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 178DEG 13KT 3798 9995

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton46 min
Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton21 min
Apr 17, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton42 min
Apr 17, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward39 min
Apr 18, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray27 min
Apr 18, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray52 min
Apr 18, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray27 min
Apr 18, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney46 min
Apr 18, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray18 min
Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman50 min
Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Hodgeman56 min
Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness42 min
Apr 18, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness51 min
Apr 18, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness48 min
Apr 18, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche50 min
Apr 18, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman40 min
Apr 18, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa44 min
Apr 18, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness41 min
Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell35 min
Apr 18, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche47 min
Apr 18, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa40 min
Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa39 min
Apr 18, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche47 min
Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness41 min
Apr 18, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess26 min
Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush40 min
Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.