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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 7, 2010Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2010, 4:15 AM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2010, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2010, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 7, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

790 
WUUS53 KDDC 070915
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-070945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0083.100607T0915Z-100607T0945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM SHARON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...
  HAZELTON...
  KIOWA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE 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 3700 9953 3716 9953 3739 9844 3738 9834
      3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 331DEG 35KT 3717 9835 3697 9937
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

WRIGHT

2 follow-up statements

663 
WWUS53 KDDC 070927
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

KSC007-033-070945-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-100607T0945Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
427 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
COMANCHE AND BARBER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS WAS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF HAZELTON TO 16
MILES SOUTH OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE 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 3700 9953 3716 9953 3739 9844 3738 9834
      3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 331DEG 35KT 3706 9827 3686 9929
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

WRIGHT

909 
WWUS53 KDDC 070939
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
439 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

KSC007-033-070949-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-100607T0945Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
439 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COMANCHE AND BARBER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT/345 AM MDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3700 9953 3716 9953 3739 9844 3738 9834
      3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 331DEG 35KT 3696 9820 3677 9922

$$

WRIGHT

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 7, 1:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
135 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

ONGOING CONVECTION SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF OUR NRN CWA EARLIER
THIS MORNING. RADAR TRENDS HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN AS THESE STORMS
SPREAD INTO A MORE STABLE AIR MASS AND APPEAR TO BE BECOMING MORE
ELEVATED IN NATURE. FOR THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW RADAR
TRENDS AND ATTEMPT TO TRACK PCPN AS IT EXITS THE CWA LATER THIS
MORNING. GIVEN THIS PCPN WILL BE FAVORING THE NAM THIS MORNING
WITH THE FURTHER SOUTH SOLUTION OF THE SFC-85H BOUNDARY/BAROCLINIC
ZONE. AS A RESULT EXPECT TO SEE A BOUNDARY IN/NEAR OUR NRN CWA BY
LATE DAY DURING MAX HEATING. GRANTED THERE WILL BE SOME VERY WARM
AIR IN PLACE IN THE MID LVLS ACROSS SW KS LATE IN THE DAY BUT
GIVEN THE PROGGED CAPE/SHEAR ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY HAVE
OPTED TO INSERT SOME SMALL LATE DAY/EARLY EVENING POPS IN OUR
N/NW. WILL THEN CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS IN OUR NRN CWA THROUGH AT
LEAST MIDNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING PCPN OFF FROM NW TO SE. ALSO JUST
WEST OF THE CO BORDER NEAR EHA BOTH THE NAM AND GFS AT 00Z TUE WERE
HINTING AT SOME CONVECTION ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP HERE. AT THIS
TIME MUCH LESS OPTIMISTIC WITH PCPN DEVELOPING HERE GIVEN THE 7H
TEMPS BUT SINCE BOTH MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST SOMETHING TRYING
TO DEVELOP WENT AHEAD AND INSERTED SMALL SLT CHC POPS FOR A FEW
COUNTIES IN OUR SE CWA.

AS THIS CONVECTION MOVES E/NE OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT OUR NEXT
COLD WILL SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS WRN KS. MUCH OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY
APPEARS DRY BUT AS THE MID LVLS COOL AND LIFT IMPROVES JUST NORTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL REINTRODUCE PCPN TO MUCH OF SW/SC KS BY
EARLY EVENING.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW AND I310 ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINS TO
IMPROVE AS A 5H VORT LOBE STARTS TO MOVE ACROSS ERN CO. A LITTLE
SURPRISED AT THE LACK OF MOISTURE ON THE ISENTROPIC SFC BUT GIVEN
THIS LIFT DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE 5H WAVE WILL GO AHEAD AND
INCREASE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES TODAY 85H-7H TEMPS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A HOT
FORECAST SO WILL KEEP TEMPS AROUND 100 FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. DID
HOWEVER LEAN TOWARDS THE SLIGHTLY COOLER MET IN THE NORTH. HIGHS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE CLOSE TO 10F COOLER THAN
THOSE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF THE FRONT WHICH IS PROGGED TO EXTEND
ACROSS OUR SE CWA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THE FRONT
TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN LIKELY TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE 90S.

DAYS 3-7...

WE WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME RESIDUAL PRECIP AROUND EARLY WEDNESDAY AS
UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. IT IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE WED COULD BE MUCH COOLER THAN
WHAT WE HAVE GOING. WILL TREND DOWN BUT WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT BEFORE MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES. THE THU-SAT
PERIOD CONTINUES TO LOOK QUITE WARM WITH VERY LOW TO NO CHANCE OF
PRECIP AS A RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND A LARGE
TROF DIGS IN OVER THE WEST. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH HOW
AND WHEN TO KICK OUT THE BIG WESTERN TROF. THE EC IS NOW THE FASTER
MODEL WITH A STRONG FROPA SAT AND THE GFS HAS SLOWED THE SYSTEM
DOWN. PREVIOUS SHIFT INTRODUCED POPS FOR NEXT WEEKEND, ESP SUNDAY,
AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE THAT NOW. -WRIGHT

&&

.AVIATION...

AM TRACKING A LARGE MCS MOVING ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA ATM. THIS
CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL AFFECT ALL TERMINALS WITH MVFR (POSSIBLY AS
LOW AS VFR) CIGS AND VIS THROUGH APPROX 07/12Z. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
INTO OK THEREAFTER WITH CONDS IMPROVING TO VFR AND REMAINING THAT
WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. BREEZY SOUTH FLOW IS
EXPECTING TO DEVELOP AFTER 07/18Z AT ALL TERMINALS. WE MAY SEE A FEW
STORMS DEVELOP OVER COLORADO LATER TODAY WHICH COULD AFFECT KGCK AND
WILL ADDRESS THAT IN SUBSEQUENT TAFS. -WRIGHT

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  98  72  91  65 /  20  10  10  20
GCK 100  71  90  63 /  10  10  10  20
EHA 101  70  93  62 /  10  10  10  10
LBL 102  70  94  65 /  10  10  10  20
HYS  93  71  88  64 /  20  20  20  30
P28  98  76  94  68 /  30  10  20  20

&&

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

FN18/34/34

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-071130-
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-
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 /955 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS BY 500 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN
DIAMETER MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LARNED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL TOP 100 DEGREES WITH HEAT
INDICES RANGING BETWEEN 100 TO 103 DEGREES. THERE WILL THEN BE A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY NIGHT NORTH A DIGHTON TO A
RUSH CENTER LINE. ANY STORM WHICH DOES DEVELOP IN THIS AREA LATE
MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

IN ADDITION...A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY AND AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A GARDEN CITY
TO JETMORE TO STAFFORD LINE. AT THIS TIME ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT
DOES DEVELOP EITHER TUESDAY OR LATE WEDNESDAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 1:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
125 AM CDT MON JUN 07 2010

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

0116 AM     TSTM WND GST     SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
06/07/2010  M62.00 MPH       SCOTT              KS   AWOS

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 2:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
230 AM CDT MON JUN 07 2010

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

0145 AM     TSTM WND GST     SW NESS CITY            38.45N 99.91W
06/07/2010  E70 MPH          NESS               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0200 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST WSW JETMORE             38.08N 99.90W
06/07/2010  E60 MPH          HODGEMAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60
            MPH.

&&

01

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:31 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
331 AM CDT MON JUN 07 2010

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

0328 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 W PRATT               37.65N 98.81W
06/07/2010  E63.00 MPH       PRATT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:01 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
401 AM CDT MON JUN 07 2010

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

0353 AM     HAIL             2 N DODGE CITY          37.79N 100.01W
06/07/2010  E0.88 INCH       FORD               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:05 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
405 AM CDT MON JUN 07 2010

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

0355 AM     HAIL             3 ENE DODGE CITY        37.78N 99.97W
06/07/2010  M0.88 INCH       FORD               KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            HAIL BETWEEN THE SIZE OF DIMES AND NICKELS WAS COVERING
            THE GROUND.

&&

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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
Jun 7, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	47 min
Jun 7, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	40 min
Jun 7, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush, Trego	49 min
Jun 7, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	44 min
Jun 7, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 2 more	50 min
Jun 7, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more	42 min
Jun 7, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more	48 min
Jun 7, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
Jun 7, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	26 min
Jun 7, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	45 min
Jun 7, 5:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Meade	14 min
Jun 7, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	41 min
Jun 7, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	48 min
Jun 7, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	22 min
Jun 7, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	14 min
Jun 7, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 min
Jun 7, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	49 min
Jun 7, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	45 min
Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	43 min
Jun 7, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	48 min
Jun 7, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
Jun 7, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis	6 hr
Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.