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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 20135 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 28, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 28, 7:02 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	6 Se Coldwater, KS
May 28, 7:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	16 Se Meade, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 28, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 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.

487 
WUUS53 KDDC 290000
SVRDDC
KSC007-025-033-097-119-290045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0099.130529T0000Z-130529T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
700 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA TO 14 MILES WEST OF
  ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN CLARK
  AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10018 3733 10027 3744 9886 3699 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 323DEG 19KT 3714 9903 3698 10021

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

$$

FINCH

3 follow-up statements

587 
WWUS53 KDDC 290026
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC007-025-033-097-119-290045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
MEADE KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE...
CLARK...WEST CENTRAL BARBER...SOUTHERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEADE
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA TO 9 MILES WEST OF
ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF MEADE AT 715 PM.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTTERMILK AND ENGLEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10018 3733 10027 3744 9886 3699 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 323DEG 19KT 3718 9910 3708 10013

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

$$

FINCH

221 
WWUS53 KDDC 290030 CCA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC007-025-033-097-119-290045-
/O.COR.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
MEADE KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE...
CLARK...WEST CENTRAL BARBER...SOUTHERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEADE
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA TO 9 MILES WEST OF 
ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF MEADE AT 715 PM.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTTERMILK AND ENGLEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10018 3733 10027 3744 9886 3699 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 323DEG 19KT 3718 9910 3708 10013

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

$$

FINCH

950 
WWUS53 KDDC 290043
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC007-025-033-097-119-290053-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
MEADE KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COMANCHE...CLARK...WEST
CENTRAL BARBER...SOUTHERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT/645 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.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3700 10018 3733 10027 3744 9886 3699 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 323DEG 19KT 3710 9903 3700 10006

$$

FINCH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
318 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...UPDATED LONG TERM SECTION...

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

AT 00Z TUESDAY A 70KT 300MB JET WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN KANSAS
WITH DIFLUENT FLOW NEAR THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION LOCATED NEAR
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. BETTER DIFLUENT FLOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS
NEBRASKA NEAR THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THIS 300MB JET. A 500MB
THERMAL TROUGH WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AT 00Z TUESDAY
WITH ANOTHER 500MB TROUGH EVIDENT ACROSS EASTERN ARIZONA/WESTERN
NEW MEXICO. THE 700MB TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM +12C TO +13C ACROSS
EASTERN COLORADO, EASTERN NEW MEXICO, PANHANDLE OF TEXAS AND
WESTERN KANSAS. A WEDGE OF HIGHER 700MB DEWPOINTS EXTENDED FROM
WEST TEXAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. AN 850MB LOW APPEARS TO BE
LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. 850MB MOISTURE RETURN STRETCHED
FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A WEDGE OF HIGHER
DEWPOINTS DID APPEAR TO BE WRAPPING AROUND THE 850MB LOW EARLIER
THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 00Z TUESDAY
VARIED FROM 28C TO 30C. HIGHS ON MONDAY IN THIS AREA OF WARM 850MB
AIR RANGED FROM 94 AT ELKHART TO 100 DEGREES AT DODGE CITY. AT THE
SURFACE A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTH FROM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
LOCATED NEAR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY
EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OF THIS SURFACE LOW INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

AS THE UPPER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER
UTAH AND ARIZONA KEEPS PUMPING A SYNOPTIC SCALE UPPER LIFT OVER
KANSAS, A SURFACE FRONT OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH A TRAILING DRY LINE
WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE TO THE WEST THIS EVENING.  THIS FRONT AND
DRY LINE COMBINATION WILL SERVE AS FOCUS BOUNDARIES FOR THUNDERSTORM
INITIATION.  LOOKING AT THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THE AREA EAST OF
COLDWATER TO KINSLEY TO LARNED, SOME OF THESE CELLS COULD GROW
STRONG VERY QUICKLY AND PERHAPS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.  THE HAIL SIZE
APPLICATION PRODUCED JUST LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE.  SO, FROM ABOUT
22Z THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT, SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE, DURING THE EVENING IN THE AREA DEFINED ABOVE, THEN WILL
SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH.  THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM DIGHTON TO LARNED TO SAINT JOHN.

TOMORROW WILL HAVE THE UPPER WAVE TROUGH SWING THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS.  THE FRONT AND DRY LINE WILL PUSH BACK ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS.  THERE IS LIKELY TO BE MORE SEVERE STORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS TODAY.  FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.  WILL INCLUDE THIS IN THE WEATHER TYPE FOR THEN.  ANOTHER
WEATHER PROBLEM IS THE WIND WEDNESDAY.  THE GRADIENT LOOKS TIGHT
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE 20G35MPH WINDS.  THUS, AM PLANNING ON A WIND
ADVISORY, PER DISCUSSION WITH ICT, FROM ABOUT 15Z TO 02Z WEDNESDAY.

THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST DID NOT CHANGE.  MINIMUMS TONIGHT SHOULD
RANGE FROM NEAR 60F DEGREES ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER TO THE MID 60S
AT HAYS, DODGE CITY AND LIBERAL, TO AROUND 70F DEGREES IN THE
COLDWATER AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS.  OVERALL, WEDNESDAY'S MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL BE DOWN FROM TODAY'S HIGHS.  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE PRATT AND COLDWATER
AREAS TO AROUND THE 90F DEGREE MARK FROM SCOTT CITY TO GARDEN CITY
TO LIBERAL.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
STRENGTHENS AND BECOMES AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THIS FRONT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
COULD FORM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE AFTERNOON
BEFORE MOVING INTO WICHITA'S FORECAST AREA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WHERE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS THEN
SHIFT TO MORE OF A NORTHERLY DIRECTION THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHS
THURSDAY ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS TO AROUND 90 DEGREES ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER. LOWS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO UPPER 60S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE FRONT THEN STALLS OUT ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA ON FRIDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUING TO SPIN
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS DEPICTED TO MOVE
AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS LOW AND MOVE ACROSS KANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA. THIS MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO FORM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS OKLAHOMA. THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS. HIGHS
FRIDAY ARE FORECASTED TO BE IN THE 80S WITH CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES
ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER. LOWS SATURDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 50S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO LOWER 60S ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST THIS WEEKEND WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS. TOWARDS THE SURFACE, A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MOVE DOWN THROUGH THE PLAINS SATURDAY THEN TO THE EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. THESE FEATURES SHOULD SUPPRESS ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER FROM OCCURRING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS.
THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO BRING DOWN SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY RANGING FROM THE UPPER
70S ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TO AROUND 80 DEGREES ACROSS THE KS/OK
BORDER.

MID RANGE MODELS SUGGEST LEE TROUGHING TO REDEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. A FEW DISTURBANCES MAY MOVE UNDER THIS FEATURE
AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. IF THIS VERIFIES, STORM
CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
INCREASE BACK INTO THE 90S BY TUESDAY WITH LOWS IN THE 50S MONDAY
MORNING AND 60S TUESDAY MORNING.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1234 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

MVFR CIGS WILL START THE FORECAST OUT, WITH CIGS MAINLY IN THE
BKN-OVC014 RANGE. THIS LOW STRATOCU DECK SHOULD BURN OFF AND
SCATTER OUT BY 19 TO 20Z, AND THEN THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHEAST AT 13G22KT. AS A SURFACE GRADIENT INCREASES THIS AFTER,
THE WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY MORE OVERNIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST
AT 16G24KT. THERE WILL BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 22Z TODAY, BUT
THEY SHOULD STAY EAST OF THE TAF SITES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  66  88  61  85 /  20  50  50  10
GCK  63  90  58  86 /  20  30  40  10
EHA  61  88  57  89 /  20  20  10  10
LBL  64  91  59  90 /  20  30  20  10
HYS  65  83  62  82 /  40  50  70  30
P28  70  79  66  86 /  30  60  60  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ030-031-
045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BURGERT
SHORT TERM...BURKE
LONG TERM...HOVORKA_42
AVIATION...BURKE

Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:21 AM CDT, 14 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
421 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-290930-
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-
421 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 /321 AM MDT TUE MAY 28 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING, NORTHEAST OF A LAKIN TO MEADE
LINE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS, AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF HIGHWAY 83
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE ON ANY OF THESE
DAYS...ALTHOUGH WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE THE BEST RISK FOR ORGANIZED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
LEVELS...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 6 PM NORTHEAST OF A
LAKIN TO MEADE LINE.

&&

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

BURGERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
557 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

0540 PM     HAIL             6 SSW MEADE             37.20N 100.38W
05/28/2013  E1.00 INCH       MEADE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WHOVORKA

Local storm report, May 28, 6:14 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

0600 PM     HAIL             20 SE COLDWATER         37.05N 99.08W
05/28/2013  E1.75 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

Special weather statement, May 28, 6:28 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ076-077-086-087-290015-
GRAY-HASKELL-MEADE-SEWARD-
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF SUBLETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3773 10094 3764 10058 3748 10047 3726 10086
      3741 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 215DEG 20KT 3737 10084

FINCH

Local storm report, May 28, 6:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

0610 PM     HAIL             13 SE ASHLAND           37.05N 99.60W
05/28/2013  E0.75 INCH       CLARK              KS   PUBLIC

0620 PM     HAIL             10 SE ASHLAND           37.08N 99.64W
05/28/2013  E0.75 INCH       CLARK              KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

0633 PM     HAIL             3 W BUTTERMILK          37.11N 99.39W
05/28/2013  E1.25 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 28, 6:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

0640 PM     TORNADO          2 S OTIS                38.51N 99.05W
05/28/2013                   RUSH               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROPE TORNADO REPORTED SOUTH OF OTIS.

&&

WHOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	42 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell	49 min
May 28, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	44 min
May 28, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	50 min
May 28, 9:49 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	2 hr
May 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	48 min
May 29, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	51 min
May 29, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	42 min
May 29, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	56 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	39 min
May 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	49 min
May 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	53 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	46 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	43 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	49 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Kearny, Scott	43 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	58 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.