Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 30, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Lakin, KS | SIX TO EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED ON POWER LINES. |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 928 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 302349 SVRDDC KSC093-010030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0165.090630T2349Z-090701T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEERFIELD... LAKIN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF KEARNY COUNTY. 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. DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3774 10110 3774 10151 3821 10151 3825 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 002DEG 25KT 3805 10134 $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 010001 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 701 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 KSC093-010030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-090701T0030Z/ KEARNY KS- 701 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR KEARNY COUNTY... AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEERFIELD... LAKIN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF KEARNY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3774 10110 3774 10151 3821 10151 3825 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 349DEG 18KT 3800 10133 $$ 12
000 WWUS53 KDDC 010024 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 724 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 KSC093-010033- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-090701T0030Z/ KEARNY KS- 724 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KEARNY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 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 KEARNY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3774 10110 3774 10151 3821 10151 3825 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 348DEG 30KT 3787 10127 $$ 12
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 Jun 30, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 326 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST DIFFICULTIES IN THE SHORT TERM ARE WITH TEMPERATURES. THERE ISNT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS TODAY AS A RIDGE DOMINATES MUCH OF THE WEST AND A TROF CONTROLS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. SIGNIFICANT UPPER JETS ARE CONFINED TO CANADA AND EAST OF KANSAS. AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COOL FRONT SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. NOTHING IS HAPPENING ALONG THE FRONT EXCEPT FOR A WIND SHIFT AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER, TEMPS ARE QUITE COOL FOR THE LAST AFTERNOON OF JUNE ACROSS NEBRASKA WITH MOSTLY LOW TO MID 70S. YESTERDAYS CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IS NOW WELL INTO OKLAHOMA AND OF NO IMPORTANCE TO SW KANSAS. REFLECTIONS OF THE LEE TROF CONTINUE TO STRETCH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM CANADA TO MEXICO. CURRENTLY, SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS SW KANSAS. TEMPS ARE ON TRACK TO REACH OUR HIGHS FOR TODAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE AS WE MIX OUT, HUMIDITIES ARE DROPPING LIKE A ROCK. THE DEWPOINT IN DODGE CITY HAS DROPPED INTO THE MID 40S OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS, FOR EXAMPLE. WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF A LOW LEVEL TRIGGER OR UPPER DYNAMICS AND GIVEN THAT MOISTURE IS QUITE LOW, AM NOT EXPECTING ANY CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. CANT RULE OUT A STRAY STORM NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AS UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS, BUT MEAN FLOW IS NORTHERLY WHICH SHOULD KEEP ANY STORMS ON THE COLORADO SIDE OF THE BORDER. WE STILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING IN OUR FAR WEST AND AM PLANNING TO LEAVE THAT IN. ALSO, CANT TOTALLY RULE OUT SOMETHING ALONG THE FRONT BUT ODDS ARE AGAINST IT, SO I HAVENT MEDDLED WITH GOING POPS MUCH. FOR TONIGHT, THE MODELS SHOW THE SFC HIGH TO OUR NORTH TO DROP IN OVER WESTERN KANSAS. PRECIP IS NOT FORECAST BUT I DID LOWER TONIGHTS LOWS AS THE INCOMING AIRMASS IS COOLER THAN EXPECTED. IN THE FACE OF THE COOL AIRMASS, AM MILDLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUST POTENTIAL OF TOMORROWS HIGHS. WE HAVE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 GOING. THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN MIXING THE AIRMASS QUICKLY AND DEVELOPING MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW SO WE SHOULD WARM UP QUICKLY AS A RESULT. HAVE KEPT HIGHS FOR TOMORROW IN TACT. IT LOOKS AS IF A S/WAVE WILL COME OVER THE RIDGE TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE MODELS HINT AT A MCS BREAKING OUT OVER NE CO/NW NEB AND SLIDING INTO ERN KS OVERNIGHT. SINCE IT WOULDNT TAKE MUCH ERROR TO BRING THAT MCS INTO OUR AREA, I HAVE BRUSHED OUR NE COUNTIES WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. THURSDAY IS ANOTHER HIGH BUST POTENTIAL FORECAST. THE NAM AGGRESSIVELY KICKS THE LEE TROF TO THE EAST AND DRIVES A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE DAY. AFTERNOON TEMPS COULD RANGE FROM THE LOW 100S ALONG THE OK BORDER TO THE UPPER 70S ALONG I70 IF THE NAM IS RIGHT. THE OTHER MODELS HAVE SOME VERSION OF THIS SCENARIO BUT ARE NOT NEARLY AS AGGRESSIVE. PLAN TO LEAN IN THE NAMS DIRECTION BUT NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO THAT SOLUTION YET. I INCREASED THE AREAL COVERAGE OF OUR GOING POPS FOR THU AFTERNOON (IE I BROAD-BRUSHED THE ENTIRE AREA) TO COVER THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHERE THE FRONT MIGHT END UP BUT I DECIDED AGAINST TRYING TO FINESSE TEMPS THAT FAR OUT. -WRIGHT DAYS 3-7... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW POST FRONTAL MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW FOR THE WEEKEND WITH MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS BOTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. THIS IS DUE TO A NORTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE TROUGH LOWERING HEIGHTS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND HELPING TO PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE EC AND CANADIAN SHOW THE BEST CHANCES IN THE NORTH FA WHERE THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE. THE CONVECTIVE FORECAST DEPENDS ON WHERE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE, AND THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY FORECAST. AT ANY RATE WILL KEEP POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE TO HEDGE WITH HIGHER PROBABILITIES IN THE NORTH. THEN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL KEEP SMALL POPS MAINLY SOUTH. AFTERNOON HIGHS LOOK TO BE THE WARMEST ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THEN WITH 850MB TEMPS FORECAST TO COOL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S INTO MONDAY, THE HIGHS COOL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S. AFTER THAT UPPER RIDGING AND WARMING LOOK TO COME BACK INTO THE REGION WITH ENSEMBLES SUGGESTING A MEAN CENTRAL CONUS RIDGE. && .AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GARDEN CITY AND WEST AFTER 4 PM INTO THE EARLY EVENING, HOWEVER LATEST RUC GUIDANCE HAS NO THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 62 99 69 96 / 10 10 10 20 GCK 61 100 66 95 / 10 20 10 20 EHA 63 99 66 94 / 20 20 20 20 LBL 63 100 67 95 / 10 10 10 20 HYS 61 97 67 90 / 10 10 20 30 P28 66 98 71 98 / 10 10 10 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN34/06/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-012045- 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- 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 /240 PM MDT TUE JUN 30 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COOL FRONT SLIDES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER, ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL NOT BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER ON WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER ANY ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A MOIST UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW REGIME IS THEN EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS PATTERN IS FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...SO STAY TUNED TO UPDATED FORECAST PRODUCTS CONCERNING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC WRIGHT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HAIL 7 WSW SYRACUSE 37.94N 101.87W
06/30/2009 E0.75 INCH HAMILTON KS PUBLIC
THE CALLER REPORTED THE HAIL AS DIME SIZED AND BRIEF.
&&
BURKESpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 KSZ061>063-010015- FINNEY-HAMILTON-KEARNY- 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENDALL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 19 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3774 10109 3773 10167 3824 10160 3824 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 334DEG 15KT 3799 10142 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.