Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 8:39 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 6, 2014, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 Se Meade, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219 WUUS53 KDDC 070139 SVRDDC KSC025-033-057-097-119-070230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.140607T0139Z-140607T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 839 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 836 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEOLA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINNEOLA...BLOOM...ENGLEWOOD...CLARK STATE LAKE...ACRES... ASHLAND...SITKA...PROTECTION...LAKE COLDWATER AND COLDWATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3749 10020 3749 9929 3700 9937 3700 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 274DEG 31KT 3749 10009 3701 10031 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
684 WWUS53 KDDC 070206 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 906 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 KSC119-070216- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140607T0230Z/ MEADE KS- 906 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3749 9988 3749 9929 3700 9937 3700 10006 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 274DEG 31KT 3747 9981 3699 10003 $$ KSC025-033-057-097-070230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140607T0230Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-FORD KS- 906 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FORD...WESTERN COMANCHE...CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 904 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLOOM TO ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENGLEWOOD...CLARK STATE LAKE...ACRES...ASHLAND...SITKA... PROTECTION...LAKE COLDWATER AND COLDWATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3749 9988 3749 9929 3700 9937 3700 10006 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 274DEG 31KT 3747 9981 3699 10003 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WAH
348 WWUS53 KDDC 070221 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 921 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 KSC025-033-057-097-070231- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140607T0230Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-FORD KS- 921 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FORD... WESTERN COMANCHE...CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3749 9988 3749 9929 3700 9937 3700 10006 TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 274DEG 31KT 3746 9965 3698 9987 $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 3 hr |
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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.