Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nnw Mullinville, KS | |
| Oct 1, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nnw Mullinville, KS | |
| Oct 1, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 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.
- 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
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
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
024
WWUS53 KDDC 020154
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
854 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
KSC057-020202-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141002T0230Z/
FORD KS-
854 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3757 9955 3771 9955 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 257DEG 21KT 3763 9950
$$
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
$$
SUGDEN620
WWUS53 KDDC 020225
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
925 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
KSC097-020235-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141002T0230Z/
KIOWA KS-
925 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3757 9955 3771 9955 3773 9918 3757 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 261DEG 24KT 3763 9950
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 46 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.