Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2013, 7:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 5, 2013, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nne Centerview, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 16.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WUUS53 KDDC 060057 SVRDDC KSC047-097-151-185-060200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.130806T0057Z-130806T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELPRE TO MULLINVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CENTERVIEW...BELPRE...FELLSBURG...GREENSBURG...MACKSVILLE... TROUSDALE...DILLWYN...HOPEWELL...HAVILAND...BYERS...WELLSFORD... BELVIDERE AND CULLISON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3798 9862 3742 9908 3764 9956 3799 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 288DEG 21KT 3795 9916 3761 9947 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
331 WWUS53 KDDC 060124 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 824 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 KSC047-097-151-185-060200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130806T0200Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS- 824 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 818 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MACKSVILLE TO GREENSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...PUBLIC. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPEWELL...DILLWYN...HAVILAND...BYERS...WELLSFORD AND BELVIDERE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3798 9862 3742 9908 3764 9956 3799 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 288DEG 21KT 3790 9897 3756 9928 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SUGDEN
677 WWUS53 KDDC 060150 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 850 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 KSC047-097-151-185-060201- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-130806T0200Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS- 850 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3798 9862 3742 9908 3764 9956 3799 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 288DEG 21KT 3785 9878 3751 9909 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 115 min |
| Aug 5, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 47 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.