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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2013Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 3:07 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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 29, 2013, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 29, 3:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	7 Wsw Shallow Water, KS	THE HAIL VARIED FROM PEA SIZE TO PING PONG SIZE.
May 29, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 2	4 Ene Modoc, KS
May 29, 3:59 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	6 Ssw Scott State Lake, 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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 29, 12:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -416 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

066 
WUUS53 KDDC 292007
SVRDDC
KSC171-292100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0104.130529T2007Z-130529T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
307 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF FRIEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERAL OTHER STORMS   
  WERE BECOMING SEVERE ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHALLOW WATER...MODOC...SCOTT CITY...MANNING AND SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 10070 3857 10069 3826 10094 3826 10100
      3831 10113 3854 10114 3871 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 203DEG 32KT 3832 10097

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

3 follow-up statements

789 
WWUS53 KDDC 292020
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSC171-292100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-130529T2100Z/
SCOTT KS-
320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 318 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHALLOW 
WATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERAL OTHER STORMS     
WERE BECOMING SEVERE ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY. YET ANOTHER STORM THAT WAS 
ABOUT TO BECOME SEVERE WAS APPROACHING SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODOC...SCOTT CITY...MANNING AND SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 10070 3857 10069 3826 10094 3826 10100
      3831 10113 3854 10114 3871 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 203DEG 32KT 3842 10092

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

363 
WWUS53 KDDC 292032
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
332 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSC171-292100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-130529T2100Z/
SCOTT KS-
332 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 327 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...MANNING AND SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3857 10069 3826 10094 3826 10101 3831 10113
      3869 10105 3871 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 207DEG 22KT 3846 10096

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

026 
WWUS53 KDDC 292049
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSC171-292100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-130529T2100Z/
SCOTT KS-
349 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SCOTT
COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT CITY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY AND SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.


&&

LAT...LON 3859 10071 3848 10085 3839 10098 3843 10108
      3869 10105 3871 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 207DEG 22KT 3846 10097

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

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 29, 2:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
226 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...UPDATED FOR THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 134 PM CDT WED
MAY 29 2013

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS
TROUGH APPROACHES, A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL NOSE INTO THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS PLACING SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN THE LEFT EXIT
REGION AND IN TURN HELP SUSTAIN ANY STORMS THAT FORM. AS YOU HEAD
TO THE SURFACE, LEE TROUGHING BECOMES APPARENT ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. VERY MOIST
CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY AND IS WHERE STORMS
WILL FORM IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALLS AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 MPH POSSIBLE. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST SUPERCELLS, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DODGE
TO LARNED LATER THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE
FELT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE
FROM HILL CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO HUGOTON. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS DISCRETE CELLS THEN
CONGEAL INTO A LINE AS THEY TREK TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. THE INITIAL LINE IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO WICHITA'S AREA
THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, A FEW ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. THE REMAINDER OF
THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES, LOWS TONIGHT ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S
ACROSS THE KS/CO BORDER TO MID 60S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOMORROW AND
STRENGTHENS INTO A LOW. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL THEN BE PLACED
ABOVE THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. TOWARDS THE SURFACE, A WEAK COLD
FRONT IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS IN THE MORNING.
HOWEVER, THIS WILL ONLY SHIFT WINDS TO MORE OF A WESTERLY DIRECTION.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS WHERE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. A FEW STORMS MAY
DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE AFTERNOON AS
THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT STALLS OUT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE, BUT QUICKLY MOVE INTO WICHITA'S FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITY. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY
WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. HIGHS TOMORROW ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 80S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO AROUND 90 DEGREES
ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 224 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE LATEST EXTENDED MODELS SEEM TO DEPICT A VERY SIMILAR TREND TO
THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST.  THERE WILL BE A NEAR ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT TO START FRIDAY OFF, WITH A SHORT WAVE COMING THROUGH THE
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT LATE FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.  A COLD FRONT
WILL COME SOUTHWARD WITH THE UPPER WAVE, AND BRING A LITTLE COOLER
AIR IN FOR THE WEEKEND.  FRIDAY'S HIGHS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID 80S
TO NEAR 90F DEGREES, BUT THEN THE WEEKEND WILL COOL DOWNWARD AND
HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID 70S NORTH OF I-70 AND IN THE LOWER 80S DOWN
ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.  FOR NOW, THERE WILL BE STRONG WARM UP
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S
FOR MOST LOCATIONS.  ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS POISED TO SLIP SOUTHWARD
THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY, AND RESULTANT HIGH TEMPS WILL
BE LOWER, NEAR 80F DEGREES IN HAYS AND PERHAPS THE MIDDLE 80S IN THE
LIBERAL AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS.

THE SHORT WAVE CROSSING FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION
CHANCES EAST OF A HAYS TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND LINE.  AFTER FRIDAY
NIGHT, SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE PRECIP-FREE WITH HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT TAKING OVER.  THEN THE UPPER FLOW WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND
A SHORT WAVE WILL SLIP SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH KANSAS MONDAY. WITH THE
SURFACE WARM UP AND COOL UPPER WAVE PASSING OVERHEAD, SMALL SLIGHT
CHANCE TO CHANCES FOR CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION WILL BE INTRODUCED
MONDAY.  THE COLD FRONT ENTERING THE PICTURE AT THE SURFACE LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES TO CHANCES GOING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEDNESDAY.  AS EACH PRECIPITATION EVENT COMES
INTO THE NEAR TERM, SEVERE CHANCES WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 130 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY ACROSS THE TAF SITES. HOWEVER,
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW VISIBILITIES AND
CEILINGS TO DROP TO MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. I HAVE PLACED A TEMPO
GROUP TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTH
AROUND 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING TO AROUND 35 KNOTS AT
TIMES. WINDS THEN DECREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  61  87  60  87 /  40  10  10  20
GCK  58  86  57  86 /  30  10  10  20
EHA  57  89  58  89 /  10  10  10  10
LBL  59  90  60  90 /  20  10  10  20
HYS  61  82  59  84 /  60  20  20  20
P28  65  86  67  88 /  60  20  20  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030-031-045-046-
063>066-075>081-085>090.

&&

SHORT TERM...HOVORKA_42
LONG TERM...BURKE
AVIATION...HOVORKA_42

Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301015-
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-
515 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 /415 AM MDT WED MAY 29 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF A DRYLINE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
EXTEND FROM LAKIN TO ULYSSES TO NEAR HUGOTON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL, AND WIND GUSTS
UP TO 75 MPH. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM TODAY. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY
AND THEN AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD.

IN ADDITION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER LEVELS...MAINLY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EAST OF A LAKIN TO HUGOTON LINE
AFTER 2 PM CDT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 2:42 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
242 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

0230 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 SSW GREENSBURG        37.51N 99.32W
05/29/2013  E65 MPH          KIOWA              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, May 29, 2:43 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
243 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

0230 PM     HAIL             7 SSW GREENSBURG        37.51N 99.32W
05/29/2013  E0.75 INCH       KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

&&

LEE

Local storm report, May 29, 2:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
246 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

0230 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 SSW GREENSBURG        37.51N 99.32W
05/29/2013  E65.00 MPH       KIOWA              KS   PUBLIC

            WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH. REPORT CORRECTED
            FOR SOURCE.

&&

LEE

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:48 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
248 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ043-044-292030-
LANE-SCOTT-
248 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN
LANE COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHALLOW WATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3869 10060 3832 10087 3834 10100 3870 10098
      3871 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 199DEG 30KT 3838 10092

FINCH

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:51 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
251 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ075-076-085-086-292030-
GRANT-HASKELL-SEWARD-STEVENS-
251 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GRANT...HASKELL...
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTIES...

AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SATANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

RESIDENTS IN EASTERN GRANT...HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
NORTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SATANTA...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3773 10118 3773 10066 3731 10099 3738 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 203DEG 31KT 3744 10104

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:56 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
256 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ043-062-063-292045-
FINNEY-KEARNY-SCOTT-
256 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THREE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KEARNY
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3869 10088 3814 10100 3818 10125 3827 10122
      3827 10113 3862 10114 3870 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 209DEG 24KT 3851 10103

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade	45 min
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	42 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell	49 min
May 28, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	44 min
May 28, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	50 min
May 28, 9:49 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	2 hr
May 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	48 min
May 29, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	51 min
May 29, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	42 min
May 29, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	56 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	39 min
May 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	49 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	46 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	43 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	49 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Kearny, Scott	43 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	58 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.