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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 31, 2014Ness County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2014, 10:54 PM CDT for Ness County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2014, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 31, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2014-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1861 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 2014-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

683 
WUUS53 KDDC 010354
SVRDDC
KSC135-145-165-010430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.140901T0354Z-140901T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1054 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAZINE...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAZINE...RUSH CENTER...TIMKEN...ALEXANDER...ASH VALLEY...NEKOMA AND
  SHAFFER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3819 9900 3825 9957 3826 9957 3827 9982
      3848 9981 3848 9903 3826 9903 3826 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 273DEG 38KT 3836 9971 

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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford16 min
Aug 31, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush58 min
Aug 31, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush41 min
Aug 31, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord33 min
Aug 31, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush27 min
Aug 31, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa34 min
Aug 31, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess26 min
Aug 31, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego35 min
Aug 31, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Stafford64 min
Aug 31, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush44 min
Aug 31, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush21 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.