Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Apr 22, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 16 Sw St. John, KS | |
| Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 10 Ssw St. John, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 222238 SVRDDC KSC047-151-185-222330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.090422T2238Z-090422T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 538 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 537 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPEWELL... DILLWYN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD 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. && LAT...LON 3802 9887 3786 9871 3777 9905 3786 9910 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 239DEG 17KT 3784 9898 $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 222255 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 555 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 KSC047-151-185-222330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090422T2330Z/ STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS- 555 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PRATT...EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES... AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOPEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPEWELL... DILLWYN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. AT 550 PM...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 16 MILES NORTH OF STAFFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3802 9887 3786 9871 3777 9905 3786 9910 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 238DEG 16KT 3787 9891 $$ RUSSELL
000 WWUS53 KDDC 222303 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 603 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 KSC047-151-185-222330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090422T2330Z/ STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS- 603 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PRATT...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES... AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF DILLWYN...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF BYERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPEWELL... DILLWYN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. AT 550 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT JOHN. 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. && LAT...LON 3779 9899 3787 9904 3802 9887 3786 9871 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 243DEG 22KT 3787 9885 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 67 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.