Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Dodge City, KS

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
814 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC007-033-097-151-185-190145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-130519T0145Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
814 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
COMANCHE...BARBER...EASTERN KIOWA...PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM BYERS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY TO 10 MILES
NORTH OF AETNA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 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...
LAKE CITY...PRATT...IUKA...SAWYER...AETNA...PRESTON...CAIRO...
ISABEL...NEOLA...HARDTNER...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SHARON AND
HAZELTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3740 9908 3779 9901 3790 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9834 3700 9834 3699 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 248DEG 24KT 3774 9880 3743 9880
          3723 9893 3708 9921

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

$$

WAH

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
829 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC097-190139-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-130519T0145Z/
KIOWA KS-
829 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3725 9922 3737 9886 3781 9883 3790 9847
      3739 9846 3738 9834 3700 9834 3699 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 248DEG 24KT 3778 9867 3747 9867
          3727 9881 3712 9909

$$

KSC007-033-151-185-190145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-130519T0145Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
829 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COMANCHE...BARBER...PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 824 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM IUKA TO SAWYER TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY TO 9
MILES WEST OF AETNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
AETNA...PRESTON...CAIRO...ISABEL...NEOLA...HARDTNER...MEDICINE
LODGE...KIOWA...SHARON AND HAZELTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3725 9922 3737 9886 3781 9883 3790 9847
      3739 9846 3738 9834 3700 9834 3699 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 248DEG 24KT 3778 9867 3747 9867
          3727 9881 3712 9909

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

$$

WAH

565 
WWUS53 KDDC 190142
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
842 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC007-033-151-185-190152-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-130519T0145Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
842 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE...
BARBER...PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845
PM CDT/745 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3725 9922 3737 9886 3781 9883 3790 9847
      3739 9846 3738 9834 3700 9834 3699 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 248DEG 24KT 3781 9857 3750 9857
          3730 9871 3715 9899

$$

WAH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...UPDATED FOR THE 00Z TAFS AND AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 253 PM CDT
SAT MAY 18 2013

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND STRENGTHEN INTO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOMORROW. AN UPPER LEVEL JET CURRENTLY
EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NEVADA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND
IS EXPECTED TO ADVECT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOMORROW. STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE DEPICTED IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
WITH A STRONG WARM TONGUE AROUND 800 MB. TOWARDS THE SURFACE, AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE KS/CO BORDER THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL.
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL SOAR INTO THE LOWER 90S BEHIND THIS
FRONT WITH UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES EAST OF THIS DRYLINE. VERY
MOIST AIR HAS ADVECTED INTO KANSAS AHEAD OF THIS DRYLINE WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND AMPLE MOISTURE AT
THE SURFACE, CAPE VALUES OF OVER 4000 J/KG WILL BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH
OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW STORMS TO FORM FIRST JUST
AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. STORMS THEN MOVE INTO
WICHITA'S FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60
MPH BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT, MAINLY LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS WHEN THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN. CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH A
MAJORITY OF WESTERN KANSAS BY SUNRISE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS
TONIGHT ARE FORECASTED TO BE IN THE 60S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA
TOMORROW MORNING SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. CLOUDY SKIES WILL
BE OBSERVED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DUE TO AMPLE MID LEVEL
MOISTURE AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. SKIES CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE
AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. A FEW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE
MID AFTERNOON BUT MOST LIKELY MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS
WICHITA'S FORECAST AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS TOMORROW WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 70S ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO LOWER 80S ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 319 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

AS THE EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS OUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, A DRY LINE WILL
BE WEAKENING ACROSS OUT FAR EASTERN CWA, AND THERE WILL BE 20
PERCENT POPS GOING FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN TIER OF
COUNTIES AND THE NORTHEAST ZONES NEAR HAYS.  THE UPPER SUPPORT FOR
ANY CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE AND CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL
CEASE BY 03Z MONDAY MORNING.  ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
ANOTHER 20 TO 30 PERCENT POP FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME FROM THE
WEST TO THE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS, AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVES
INTO EASTERN KANSAS.  LATE MONDAY NIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL SLIP
SOUTH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS, AND A SHOWER OR STORM COULD EASILY GET
TRIGGERED NORTH OF I-70 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING.  ONLY
20 PERCENT CHANCES WILL BE THERE FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING
INTO TUESDAY.  THE NEXT PRECIPITATION CHANCE WILL COME ALONG
THURSDAY.  THAT UPPER WAVE IS FAIRLY STRONG AND BIG IN NATURE, SO
THURSDAY WILL HAVE 30 TO 40 PERCENT PRECIP CHANCES AND THOSE WILL
EXTEND CLEAR INTO SATURDAY. HARD TO SAY THIS EARLY IF ANY SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE REALIZED, BUT THAT CAN BE MONITORED MORE CLOSELY
AS THE THURSDAY TO SATURDAY TIME PERIOD GETS CLOSER.

TEMPERATURES WILL GO THROUGH A COOL DOWN FROM SUNDAY INTO FRIDAY.
HIGHS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S THROUGH THE
SUNDAY INTO FRIDAY PERIOD. THE COOLEST DAY WILL PROBABLY BE
WEDNESDAY, AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED. THEN ON SATURDAY, A
STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S. LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED WILL
BE SEASONAL, RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 626 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

YOU CAN EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 09Z OR SO, BUT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KHYS AND JUST EAST OF KDDC THROUGH 04Z. DUE TO
FRESH RAIN AND HUMID CONDITIONS, LOW STRATUS AND FOG WILL BRING
IFR VSBY AND CIGS WILL DEVELOP AT ALL THREE SITES AFTER 09Z, BUT
KHYS MAY ONLY GO DOWN TO OVC015 AND 3SM BR, WHILE KDDC AND KGCK
MAY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OVC003 AND 1SM BR.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  61  80  53  79 /  30  50  10  30
GCK  60  79  52  77 /  10  50  10  20
EHA  60  80  52  74 /  10  20  20  20
LBL  60  82  52  77 /  10  40  10  30
HYS  63  80  54  77 /  70  50  20  30
P28  65  85  58  82 /  70  30  20  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085.

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191830-
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-
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /1229 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD
OF AN ADVANCING DRYLINE. TENNIS TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. THE
THREAT FOR TORNADOES INCREASES TOWARD SUNSET AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR
INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY. AN ISOLATED LONG-LIVED TORNADO WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST SUPERCELL STORM DURING THE MID TO LATE
EVENING HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS, GENERALLY EAST OF
A WAKEENEY TO MEADE LINE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL,
BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVIATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. MAINLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE.

&&

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0625 PM     TORNADO          2 NW SANFORD            38.19N 99.34W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

0645 PM     TORNADO          ROZEL                   38.20N 99.40W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0645 PM     HAIL             2 NW SANFORD            38.19N 99.34W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0731 PM     TORNADO          6 N SANFORD             38.26N 99.31W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS TORNADO WAS REPORTED AS A LARGE STOVEPIPE TORNADO.

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0734 PM     HAIL             4 SSE WILMORE           37.28N 99.18W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
748 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0740 PM     HAIL             1 W PROTECTION          37.20N 99.50W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE DISPATCH SAID THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM AROUND

            THE COUNTY OF HEAVY RAIN AND NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
751 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0740 PM     TORNADO          1 W ROZEL               38.20N 99.42W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

            THE TORNADO WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ROPE OUT, ACCORDING THE
            CHASER.

&&

BURKE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0748 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W ROZEL               38.20N 99.44W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND
            WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2
            MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.

&&

BURKE