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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 28, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2014, 12:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 28, 2014, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2014, 1:17 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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 28, 12:40 AM CDT	HAIL 1	10 N Deerfield, KS
Jun 28, 12:50 AM CDT	HAIL 1.5	11 N Deerfield, 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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 2653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

241 
WUUS53 KDDC 280534
SVRDDC
KSC055-075-093-171-280630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0175.140628T0534Z-140628T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT/1230 AM MDT/

* AT 1228 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KEARNY
COUNTY...SOUTHWEST SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKIN...DEERFIELD...HOLCOMB AND FRIEND.

THIS REPLACES THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...KEARNY
AND HAMILTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10117 3827 10113 3830 10113 3842 10097
      3816 10082 3803 10080 3774 10157 3793 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 245DEG 33KT 3791 10148

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

290 
WWUS53 KDDC 280617
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
117 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

KSC055-075-093-171-280627-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-140628T0630Z/
SCOTT KS-KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-FINNEY KS-
117 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT 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.
 HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3827 10117 3827 10113 3830 10113 3842 10097
      3816 10082 3803 10080 3774 10157 3793 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 245DEG 76KT 3793 10110

$$

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 Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2014

...Updated for the aviation discussion...

.SHORT TERM...(This afternoon through Saturday)
ISSUED AT 1128 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

Later afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected. The best
chance for storms will be near the I70 corridor where capping is
weaker and there is better moisture convergence.
Thermodynamically, the setup is impressive with 3500 J/kg of
SBCAPE, 8.5 C/KM lapse rates, and decent boundary layer dewpoints.
A few problems with today's setup though. All the models show
backing upper level winds and only about 35 kt of 0-EL shear. This
suggests that storm mode tonight will likely be on the HP side.
PWATs are forecast to be in the 1.5" range, which is well above
normal. This also suggests storms with high precipitation
efficiency. Feel the most discrete storms will be up in GLD's area,
where mean flow and boundary layer winds are more orthogonal.
There could be an isolated tornado up north, as the HRRR is
indicating some updraft helicity. In addition, low level
directional and speed shear is not that bad. Given the
aforementioned upper level shear, it won't take long through before
you get cold pools and resultant upscale growth, so that should
cut down on the tornado chances. Precip will exit the area
late tonight. Additional MCS activity is possible tomorrow
afternoon, with better moisture convergence and lift along and
east of Highway 283.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday)
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

The main upper jet and storm track shifts north on Sunday then a
northern branch upper trough swings across the Northern and Central
Plains late Monday and Monday night with a chance for thunderstorms.
Unsettled weather continues in back of the upper trough into
Thursday with northwest flow aloft and more chances for showers and
thunderstorms. By Friday and upper level ridge is forecast with dry
weather for a change.

At the surface, a deepening trough of low pressure in the Rockies
will give strong southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph on Sunday, with a
cold front moving across western Kansas late Monday and winds
shifting to the north and gusty. Cooler temps will follow the
front as high pressure builds into the Plains with weaker winds
into mid next week.

Lows will be mild in the 60s and 70s, with highs in the 90s Sunday
and Monday, cooling into the 80s Tuesday into Thursday behind the cold
front, then back into the 90s by Friday.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening)
ISSUED AT 608 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

VFR conditions will prevail over the 3 taf sites, with the
exception of KHYS, which will have MVFR cigs. A strong upper level
wave will bring cold air over the region, and destabilize the
atmosphere this evening. A line of strong storms will move east
through western Kansas this evening, bringing thunderstorms near
each Taf site for 2 to 3 hours. Vsbys could go down in any
downpour, but for now, doubt any one Taf site will see the
stronger storms.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  67  89  67  95 /  40  20  10  10
GCK  65  89  66  97 /  60  10  10  10
EHA  63  91  63 101 /  40  10   0   0
LBL  66  92  67  99 /  50  10  10   0
HYS  66  87  67  95 /  70  30  10  10
P28  69  88  70  94 /  20  30  20  10

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Sugden
LONG TERM...Kruse
AVIATION...Burke

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:44 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-282145-
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-
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 /344 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE, DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, FREQUENT
LIGHTNING, ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES, WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP
ALONG A DRYLINE OVER FAR WESTERN KANSAS BY 5 TO 6 PM CDT. THEY
WILL THEN MOVE EAST TO NEAR A SCOTT CITY TO GARDEN CITY AND A
LIBERAL LINE BY AROUND 7 TO 9 PM CDT, THEN TO NEAR WAKEENEY, DODGE
CITY, AND ASHLAND BY AROUND 8 TO 10 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT LATER
TONIGHT, FARTHER EAST INTO THE HAYS AREA AND DOWN TO MEDICINE
LODGE, AND THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE NOT AS GREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A HAIL
THREAT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN IN THE MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING.

&&

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

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1119 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

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

1053 PM     HAIL             5 E HICKOK              37.56N 101.14W
06/27/2014  E0.88 INCH       GRANT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1057 PM     BLIZZARD         5 E HICKOK              37.56N 101.14W
06/27/2014                   GRANT              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

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

1057 PM     HAIL             5 E HICKOK              37.56N 101.14W
06/27/2014  E1.00 INCH       GRANT              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:48 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1148 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

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

1045 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S SCOTT CITY          38.40N 100.91W
06/27/2014                   SCOTT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A CATTLE TRUCK WAS BLOWN INTO THE DITCH. LOCATION IS
            APPROXIMATE.

&&

GERARD

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:06 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1206 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

KSZ063-076-077-280545-
FINNEY-GRAY-HASKELL-
1206 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL...NORTHERN
GRAY AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 1204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3802 10040 3782 10022 3757 10073 3771 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 241DEG 32KT 3770 10070

FINCH

Local storm report, Jun 28, 12:11 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1211 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

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

1158 PM     HAIL             SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
06/27/2014  E0.88 INCH       SCOTT              KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THE HAIL SIZE WAS REPORTED AT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 28, 12:30 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

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

1215 AM     HAIL             KENDALL                 37.94N 101.54W
06/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	47 min
Jun 27, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	39 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	61 min
Jun 27, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	46 min
Jun 27, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	63 min
Jun 27, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	43 min
Jun 27, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	65 min
Jun 27, 11:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	12 hr
Jun 27, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	59 min
Jun 28, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
Jun 28, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	54 min
Jun 28, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane	57 min
Jun 28, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	63 min
Jun 28, 1:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	3 hr
Jun 28, 2:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny	3 hr
Jun 28, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	39 min
Jun 28, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	12 hr
Jun 28, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	12 hr
Jun 28, 5:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny	12 hr
Jun 28, 3:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Grant	8 hr
Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	8 hr

Nearby

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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.