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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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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 7:35 PM CDTHAIL 1Dodge 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 min
May 7, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis51 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa43 min
May 7, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Rush39 min
May 7, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush46 min
May 7, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis42 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego45 min
May 7, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush43 min
May 7, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego37 min
May 7, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee47 min
May 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego46 min
May 7, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford42 min
May 7, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush44 min
May 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford45 min
May 7, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis36 min
May 8, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward42 min
May 8, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton61 min
May 8, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade55 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton55 min
May 8, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark52 min
May 8, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa53 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord44 min
May 8, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny42 min
May 8, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman66 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa63 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny58 min
May 8, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott58 min
May 8, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis31 min
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt60 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCEllis34 min
May 8, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa61 min
May 8, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more61 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.