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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 20095 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 2:08 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 8, 2009, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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 8, 2:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Nw Frizell, KS	THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO YOUNG ALFALFA.
May 8, 2:30 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw Frizell, KS
May 8, 3:03 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 W Larned, KS
May 8, 3:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 S Garfield, KS	A ONE INCH TREE LIMB WAS BROKEN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.

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 22 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 080708
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-135-145-165-080800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0059.090508T0708Z-090508T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
208 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURDETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAY...
  BURDETT...
  SHAFFER...
  ROZEL...
  ASH VALLEY...
  SANFORD...
  FRIZELL...
  GARFIELD...
  LEWIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF HODGEMAN...NORTHERN EDWARDS...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN
  NESS AND SOUTHERN RUSH 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9900 3792 9916 3792 10020 3842 10023
      3839 9958 3862 9902 3826 9902 3822 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 319DEG 21KT 3821 9957

$$

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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 080712
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
212 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

KSC047-083-135-145-165-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090508T0800Z/
NESS KS-RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-
212 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS...HODGEMAN...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN
NESS COUNTIES...

AT 211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIMKEN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
BURDETT TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIMKEN...
  OTIS...
  SHAFFER...
  ASH VALLEY...
  ROZEL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF HODGEMAN...NORTHERN EDWARDS...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN
  NESS AND SOUTHERN RUSH 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9900 3792 9916 3792 10020 3842 10023
      3839 9958 3862 9902 3826 9902 3822 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 288DEG 16KT 3842 9914 3828 9952
          3831 10009

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 080725
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
225 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

KSC047-083-135-145-165-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090508T0800Z/
NESS KS-RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-
225 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS...HODGEMAN...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN
NESS COUNTIES...

AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHAFFER TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROZEL TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHAFFER...
  HANSTON...
  GRAY...
  ROZEL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF HODGEMAN...NORTHERN EDWARDS...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN
  NESS AND SOUTHERN RUSH 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9900 3792 9916 3792 10020 3842 10023
      3839 9958 3840 9956 3839 9940 3848 9902
      3826 9902 3822 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 288DEG 16KT 3838 9903 3828 9935
          3829 9971

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 080747
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
247 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

KSC047-083-135-145-165-080800-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090508T0800Z/
NESS KS-RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-
247 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS...HODGEMAN...PAWNEE...SOUTHERN RUSH AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHAFFER TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASH VALLEY TO 4 MILES NORTH OF
BURDETT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASH VALLEY...
  BURDETT...
  ROZEL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHERN EDWARDS...PAWNEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHERN RUSH 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9900 3792 9916 3794 9970 3822 9988
      3824 9959 3840 9956 3839 9940 3848 9902
      3826 9902 3822 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 288DEG 16KT 3835 9892 3825 9924
          3824 9955

$$

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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 8, 2:07 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:07 AM CDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
207 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

ISSUING AFD EARLY SO WE CAN FOCUS ON SEVERE WEATHER. WILL NOT BE
MAKING MANY CHANGES TO THE SHORT TERM.

ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST
CYCLE.

A STRONG DEEP LLJ (40+KT ON VWP AND REGIONAL PROFILERS JUST ABOVE
THE SURFACE TO SEVERAL KFT AGL) CONTINUES TO PUMP WARM MOIST AIR IN
OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE
60S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE DDC CWA WITH 70+ TDS NOT FAR TO
THE SOUTH. WIDESPREAD CAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG, STRONGLY SHEARED
WIND PROFILES, AND STEEP LAPSE RATES ALL CONTINUE TO INDICATE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS SW KANSAS TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE STORMS STARTED IN GOODLAND FA
AND HAVE NOW TRANSITIONED INTO OUR NORTHERN CWA. LARGE HAIL IN
EXCESS OF 1 INCH DIAMETER AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF
60MPH+ HAVE BEEN WIDELY REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS ALREADY. THINGS
SHOULD ONLY GET WORSE AS THE LINE MOVES INTO THE AXIS OF GREATEST
INSTABILITY ACROSS SW KS. HAIL OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER AND SL-WINDS
OF 80MPH+ ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THE FURTHER SOUTH THE LINE MOVES.
THE ONLY SAVING GRACE IS THAT THE STORMS ARE OCCURRING AT NIGHT
AND HAVE SHOWN THE TENDENCY TO BE OUTFOW DOMINATED AND THUS
TORNADOES ARE NOT A GREAT CONCERN. OF COURSE ISOLATED TORNADOES
STILL CANT BE RULED OUT BUT A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK IS NOT LIKELY.
ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO AN MCS AND MOVE
OUT OF OUR CWA BY 12-15Z.

ON THE LARGER SCALE...A 998 SFC LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD ACROSS THE OK/NORTH TX PANHANDLE. GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/PLAINS WITH EMBEDDED
IMPULSES OF ENERGY. THE FIRST IMPULSE THAT IS PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR TONIGHTS SVR WX WILL BE EAST OF US BY 12Z AND THE LOW LEVEL
FLOW SWITCHES AROUND TO NORTH AS COOL/DRY ADVECTION DEVELOPS. WE
SHALL SEE THINGS COOL OFF TODAY BY A GOOD 10-15 DEGREES AND
LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND THE COOL FRONT WILL KEEP CLOUDS AROUND,
AND PERHAPS FOG. DONT EXPECT TO SEE MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION TODAY
AFTER THE CONVECTION MOVES OUT BUT SHOWERS AND TSTORMS COULD
REDEVELOP FRI NIGHT AS STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.

THINK SAT AND SUN WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY COOL, FAIRLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS WITH DRY DAYS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AT NIGHT
AS SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW. THE STRONGEST AND LAST IN THIS
SERIES OF SHORTWAVES LOOKS TO BE SUN/SUN NIGHT. WHILE THESE WAVES
MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS, THE DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONG
INSTABILITY WILL BE CONFINED WELL SOUTH OF KANSAS AND THUS SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. WRIGHT

DAYS 3-7...

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SHORTWAVE FEATURES. A NORTHERN BRANCH
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS PUSHING A
LARGE AREA OF COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE INTO KANSAS WITH COOL TEMPS
IN THE 60S AND 70S FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. BY TUESDAY RETURN
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING GOOD WARMING WITH 850MB TEMPS RISING TO
24 TO 30C. THIS WILL SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND EVEN
A FEW 90S FAR SOUTHWEST. DEWPOINTS FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE 60S
WITH GOOD MID LEVEL WINDS OVER 35KTS COULD SUPPORT SEVERE CONVECTION
HOWEVER VERY WARM 700MB TEMPS OF 12 TO 14C MAY PRECLUDE ANY
CONVECTION. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING AS ANOTHER NORTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 FOR WEDNESDAY
COOLING TO THE 70S BY THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...

AREAS OF DENSE FOG SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SEVERE MCS THIS
MORNING THEN BECOME VFR AFTERWARD. THE MCS WITH WINDS OVER 50 TO
60KTS AND LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH HAYS BY 2 AM THEN GARDEN CITY BY 5 AM AND DODGE CITY AROUND
6 AM. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TAFS THIS MORNING
WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER 40KTS ABOVE LIGHTER SURFACE WINDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  72  46  66  48 /  50  20   0   0
GCK  72  45  65  47 /  20  20   0  30
EHA  76  45  64  47 /  10  30   0   0
LBL  75  46  65  48 /  10  30   0   0
HYS  70  45  66  47 /  50  10   0  40
P28  74  50  70  51 /  50  20   0   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR MOST OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

&&

FN34/06/06

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 3:46 PM CDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081145-
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-
346 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2009 /246 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM CDT
JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS
WILL CONTAIN VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND POSSIBLY EVEN
DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS...THE BEST CHANCE
OF SEVERE STORMS IS FROM 1 AM TO 4 AM CDT. FURTHER EAST INCLUDING
DODGE CITY...NESS CITY AND PRATT...THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 11 PM TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 1:15 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
115 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009

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

0110 AM     HAIL             COLLYER                 39.04N 100.12W
05/08/2009  M0.88 INCH       TREGO              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RB

Local storm report, May 8, 2:04 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
204 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009

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

0142 AM     HAIL             SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
05/08/2009  M0.75 INCH       SCOTT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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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 8, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego	49 min
May 8, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego	43 min
May 8, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny, Lane, Scott	65 min
May 8, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	62 min
May 8, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	66 min
May 8, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade, Seward	57 min
May 8, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	34 min
May 8, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	46 min
May 8, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	53 min
May 8, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	43 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.