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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 1, 2014Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2014, 8:37 PM CDT for Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
Oct 1, 2014, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 1, 8:50 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Nnw Mullinville, KS
Oct 1, 9:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Nnw Mullinville, KS
Oct 1, 9:00 PM CDTHAIL 13 Nnw Mullinville, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2014-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 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 2014-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

859 
WUUS53 KDDC 020137
SVRDDC
KSC057-097-020230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0261.141002T0137Z-141002T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
837 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKLIN...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  GREENSBURG AND MULLINVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9968 3773 9967 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 261DEG 24KT 3761 9961 

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

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
024 
WWUS53 KDDC 020154
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
854 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

KSC057-020202-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141002T0230Z/
FORD KS-

854 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3757 9955 3771 9955 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 257DEG 21KT 3763 9950 

$$

KSC097-020230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141002T0230Z/
KIOWA KS-
854 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLINVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
GREENSBURG AND MULLINVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 9955 3771 9955 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 257DEG 21KT 3763 9950 

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

$$

SUGDEN
620 
WWUS53 KDDC 020225
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
925 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

KSC097-020235-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141002T0230Z/
KIOWA KS-
925 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3757 9955 3771 9955 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 261DEG 24KT 3763 9950 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.