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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2013Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2013, 7:32 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2013, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 7, 7:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Dodge City, 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
May 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 10 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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

889 
WUUS53 KDDC 080032
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-080115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0039.130508T0032Z-130508T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGE
  CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FT. DODGE...WRIGHT...SPEARVILLE...FORD...WINDHORST AND BELLEFONT.

AT 731 PM CDT...HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DODGE CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3794 9959 3758 9964 3773 10016 3795 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 277DEG 22KT 3782 9999

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

832 
WWUS53 KDDC 080102
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

KSC057-083-080111-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130508T0115Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS STILL 
POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 3794 9959 3758 9964 3773 10016 3795 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 277DEG 22KT 3780 9977

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 min
May 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	51 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
May 7, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Rush	39 min
May 7, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	46 min
May 7, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	42 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	45 min
May 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	43 min
May 7, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	37 min
May 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	47 min
May 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	46 min
May 7, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	42 min
May 7, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	44 min
May 7, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 7, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	36 min
May 8, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	42 min
May 8, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	61 min
May 8, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	55 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	55 min
May 8, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	52 min
May 8, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	53 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	44 min
May 8, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Kearny	42 min
May 8, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	66 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	63 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	58 min
May 8, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott	58 min
May 8, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	31 min
May 8, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Ellis	34 min
May 8, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	61 min
May 8, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more	61 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.