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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 20094 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2009, 12:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 64 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: Jun 12, 2009, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2009, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 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
Jun 12, 1:10 AM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	11 N Meade, KS	A STORM CHASER REPORTS LARGE CONE SHAPE FUNNEL ABOUT HALF WAY TO GROUND.
Jun 12, 1:10 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	11 N Meade, KS

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 44 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
Jun 11, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 120526
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-175-120630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0099.090612T0526Z-090612T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1226 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF SUBLETTE...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUBLETTE...
  TICE...
  COPELAND...
  PLAINS CITY...
  MONTEZUMA...
  MISSLER...
  ENSIGN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF HASKELL...NORTHERN MEADE...NORTHERN SEWARD AND
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. AT 1217 AM
SPOTTERS REPORTED A WIDE STRETCH OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND LARGER 
ON THE GROUND. THE LARGEST STONE WAS MEASURED AT 2.07 INCHES.

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.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL
QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3768 10023 3734 10022 3716 10089 3745 10108
      3747 10097 3773 10084
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 288DEG 27KT 3752 10086

$$

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4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120544
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1244 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

KSC069-081-119-175-120630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090612T0630Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-MEADE KS-SEWARD KS-
1244 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHERN MEADE...EASTERN HASKELL AND
SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR COPELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COPELAND...
  MONTEZUMA...
  PLAINS CITY...
  THE HAGGARD ELEV...
  MISSLER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
  NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY 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.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL
QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3767 10030 3734 10022 3717 10087 3755 10086
      3772 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 294DEG 34KT 3750 10060

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120556
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1256 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

KSC069-081-119-175-120630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090612T0630Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-MEADE KS-SEWARD KS-
1256 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL AND
SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL THE
SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF COPELAND...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COPELAND...
  MONTEZUMA...
  PLAINS CITY...
  THE HAGGARD ELEV...
  MISSLER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHERN MEADE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL
QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3729 10086 3750 10069 3768 10065 3767 10030
      3734 10022 3717 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 296DEG 26KT 3752 10055

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120610
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
110 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

KSC069-119-120630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090612T0630Z/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-
110 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSLER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10061 3745 10061 3766 10058 3767 10030
      3734 10022 3724 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 294DEG 36KT 3746 10037

$$

18

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120629
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
129 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

KSC069-119-120636-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090612T0630Z/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-
129 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN
GRAY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 130 AM CDT...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSLER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTIES.

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3735 10061 3745 10061 3766 10058 3767 10030
      3734 10022 3724 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 294DEG 36KT 3739 10018

$$

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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 Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS TONIGHT.

UPPER AIR ANALYSIS FROM 12Z SHOWED A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST. AN 80 KNOT JET AT 250 MB WAS OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA. WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW THESE
FEATURES HEADING TOWARD THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AS THE DAY GOES
ON. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS WORKING EAST
THROUGH THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
AND RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
FROM NORTHEAST OF DENVER TO NEAR PUEBLO.

THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE NAM/GFS MODEL SOLUTIONS REGARDING
THE EVOLUTION OF TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS SHOWS THE BULK OF
THE QPF STAYING UP OVER NEBRASKA AND FAR NORTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CLUSTER OF STORMS DEVELOPING OVER WYOMING WHICH WILL
LIKELY FOLLOW THE GFS QPF FORECAST. THE NAM SHOWS AN MCS TRACKING
FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE OUT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS LATER TONIGHT.
MSAS SHOWING A LOW LEVEL THETA-E AXIS FROM WESTERN KANSAS INTO
NORTHEAST COLORADO. THINK THAT AS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO CONVECTION
BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED AND STARTS MOVING OUT...IT WILL FOLLOW THIS
AXIS. HAVE RAISED POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY OVERNIGHT ACROSS
THE NORTHERN 2/3DS OF THE CWA WITH THAT IN MIND.

THE NAM HAS THE PRECIP MOVING THROUGH OUR EASTERN CWA BY 12Z FRIDAY.
THIS MAY BE A LITTLE SLOW GIVEN THE CURRENT SETUP SO WILL HAVE POPS
DIMINISHING FAIRLY QUICKLY BY MORNING.

ON FRIDAY MID LEVEL RIDGING BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS AS THE CURRENT WAVE MOVES OUT AND ANOTHER STRONG WAVE
DIGS INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THERE WILL STILL BE PLENTY OF LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND THE REGION AND AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW
COMPONENT. THINK THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND MOVING OUT OVERNIGHT. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH
THIS AND POPS WILL BE MORE BROADBRUSED AND LOWER. WILL CONTINUE
THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS THE MODELS SHOW
SOME PRECIP LINGERING AROUND PAST 12Z.

DAYS 3-7...

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT INDICATING AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BUILDING IN ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN CONUS
TO BEGIN THE PERIOD 00Z SUNDAY. THIS LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHOWS VERY
LITTLE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, THIS
WILL INFLUENCE A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THAT
WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO
SHOW A SERIES OF S/WAVES AT H5 CYCLING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE PERIOD. PLENTY OF LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KANSAS AS A DRYLINE CONTINUES TO OSCILLATE BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. AS
A RESULT, THIS WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS EARLY NEXT
WEEK. SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN PRECIP CHANCES BY THE END OF THE PERIOD
AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING IN THE WEST AMPLIFIES SOMEWHAT ALLOWING
RIDGING ALOFT TO EDGE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. WILL STAY WITH SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POPS EACH DAY
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK IN REGARDS TO THE ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED NATURE OF ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB BUT REMAIN JUST BELOW THE
SEASONAL NORM TO BEGIN THE PERIOD. FOR SUNDAY, A SURFACE LOW WILL
DEVELOP JUST TO OUR SOUTHWEST WITH AN ATTENDANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY
EXTENDING EAST GENERALLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL INFLUENCE AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY WHICH WILL KEEP COOLER TEMPERATURES IN
PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE GFS AND
ECMWF SHOW TEMPERATURES AT H85 RANGING FROM THE MID TEENS(C) ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA TO THE MID TO UPPER 20S(C) IN OUR
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. EXPECT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S(F) SUNDAY WITH
LOWER 90S(F) POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. A GRADUAL WARMING
TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN
AMPLIFIES ALLOWING AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO EDGE NORTHWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. PLAN TO DROP HIGHS A COUPLE DEGREES OR SO ACROSS THE
NORTH SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF A MORE EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. WILL MAKE
SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS ELSEWHERE.

&&

AVIATION...

A NEAR STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO DOWN INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. ANY
DEVELOPING STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE PERIOD. AMPLE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS.
MAY SEE LINGERING AREAS OF MVFR CIGS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING, THEN AREAS OF REDEVELOPING MVFR/IFR CIGS AND VIS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...MAINLY AFTER 06Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  59  83  60  82 /  60  40  20  20
GCK  55  82  58  81 /  60  30  30  20
EHA  56  83  59  84 /  30  10  20  20
LBL  58  84  61  84 /  40  20  20  20
HYS  58  78  58  79 /  70  50  30  20
P28  63  83  64  85 /  40  20  20  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN02/32

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:15 AM CDT, 20 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-120915-
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-
415 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 /315 AM MDT THU JUN 11 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER COLORADO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL,
DAMAGING WINDS, AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS
MOIST UPSLOPE SURFACE FLOW AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING PERIODS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

WRIGHT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1059 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

1047 PM     HAIL             15 S COOLIDGE           37.82N 102.01W
06/11/2009  E1.50 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS REPORT WAS FROM HAMILTON COUNTY SPOTTERS.

&&

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1126 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

1120 PM     HAIL             14 NW ULYSSES           37.72N 101.54W
06/11/2009  E1.75 INCH       STANTON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF AT INTERSECTION OF ROAD
            1 AND ROAD A.

&&

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1150 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

1140 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N ULYSSES             37.61N 101.36W
06/11/2009                   GRANT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:51 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1151 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

1140 PM     HAIL             2 N ULYSSES             37.61N 101.36W
06/11/2009  E2.75 INCH       GRANT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:14 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1214 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

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

1209 AM     HAIL             6 NE HICKOK             37.62N 101.15W
06/12/2009  M1.75 INCH       GRANT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ACTUALLY MEASURED THE HAIL AT 1.81 INCH DIAMETER.

&&

WRIGHT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:22 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1222 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

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

1217 AM     HAIL             8 NNE HICKOK            37.67N 101.17W
06/12/2009  M2.00 INCH       GRANT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTERS REPORT WIDE STRETCH OF GOLF BALL AND LARGER HAIL
            ON THE GROUND. THE LARGEST STONE WAS MEASURED AT 2.07
            INCHES IN DIAMETER.

&&

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	72 min
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	49 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	47 min
Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	40 min
Jun 12, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	38 min
Jun 12, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	40 min
Jun 12, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny	45 min
Jun 12, 1:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Gray, Meade	29 min
Jun 12, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny	46 min
Jun 12, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	51 min
Jun 12, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	46 min
Jun 12, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward	44 min
Jun 12, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	55 min
Jun 12, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	62 min
Jun 12, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	47 min
Jun 12, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	64 min
Jun 12, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	62 min
Jun 12, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	52 min
Jun 12, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Kiowa	62 min
Jun 12, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	52 min
Jun 12, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	48 min
Jun 12, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	52 min
Jun 12, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	45 min
Jun 12, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	45 min
Jun 12, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.