Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Sep 30, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 10 Ssw St. John, KS | |
| Sep 30, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Nne Byers, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:58 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 108 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
- 1563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDDC 302231
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-302315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.090930T2231Z-090930T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BYERS...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BYERS...
IUKA...
PRESTON...
STAFFORD...
NEOLA...
ZENITH...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3776 9895 3789 9895 3803 9847 3783 9846
3781 9845 3764 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 255DEG 34KT 3783 9889
$$
UMSCHEID3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 302244
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
544 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009
KSC151-185-302315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090930T2315Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
544 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAFFORD...OR 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF BYERS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAFFORD...
NEOLA...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 9874 3792 9878 3803 9847 3783 9846
3781 9845 3776 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 259DEG 40KT 3787 9872
$$
UMSCHEID000 WWUS53 KDDC 302254 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 554 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 KSC151-302304- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090930T2315Z/ PRATT KS- 554 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF STAFFORD COUNTY ONLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3783 9846 3784 9868 3796 9867 3803 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 254DEG 42KT 3792 9856 $$ KSC185-302315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090930T2315Z/ STAFFORD KS- 554 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY... AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF STAFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3783 9846 3784 9868 3796 9867 3803 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 254DEG 42KT 3792 9856 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 302307 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 607 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 KSC185-302318- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090930T2315Z/ STAFFORD KS- 607 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3783 9846 3784 9868 3796 9867 3803 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 260DEG 37KT 3790 9841 $$ UMSCHEID
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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.