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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 30, 2013Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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 30, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 30, 3:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 N Antonino, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -42 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.

314 
WUUS53 KDDC 302015
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-195-302100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.130530T2015Z-130530T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
315 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 312 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTONINO...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
  SCHOENCHEN...HAYS...MUNJOR...TOULON...VICTORIA...CATHARINE...WALKER
  AND EMMERAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3871 9904 3867 9955 3885 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 252DEG 10KT 3879 9937

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

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

618 
WWUS53 KDDC 302043
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

KSC165-195-302052-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130530T2100Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-
343 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND EAST
CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3871 9949 3889 9955 3913 9903 3871 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 252DEG 10KT 3881 9935

$$

KSC051-302100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130530T2100Z/
ELLIS KS-
343 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

AT 338 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTONINO...AND
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER 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...
HAYS...MUNJOR...TOULON...VICTORIA...CATHARINE...WALKER AND EMMERAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9949 3889 9955 3913 9903 3871 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 252DEG 10KT 3881 9935

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

901 
WWUS53 KDDC 302058
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
358 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

KSC051-302108-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130530T2100Z/
ELLIS KS-
358 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3871 9949 3889 9955 3913 9903 3871 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 252DEG 10KT 3882 9930

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Kearny, Lane, Scott	40 min
May 29, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny	25 min
May 29, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	45 min
May 29, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	49 min
May 30, 2:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	12 hr
May 30, 2:34 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stanton	17 hr
May 30, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	50 min
May 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	43 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	51 min
May 30, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	41 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	47 min
May 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	52 min
May 30, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	40 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.