Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2014, 6:03 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 23, 2014, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wnw Howell, KS | THE HAIL LASTED ONLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789
WUUS53 KDDC 232303
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-083-232345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0003.140423T2303Z-140423T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
603 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ENSIGN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 10013 3799 9994 3788 9988 3759 10027
3773 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 223DEG 25KT 3773 10028
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
583
WWUS53 KDDC 232314
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
KSC069-232324-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140423T2345Z/
GRAY KS-
614 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3775 10022 3790 10022 3804 10013 3799 9994
3788 9988 3770 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 223DEG 25KT 3781 10015
$$
KSC057-083-232345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140423T2345Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
614 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWELL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHERN HODGEMAN
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3775 10022 3790 10022 3804 10013 3799 9994
3788 9988 3770 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 223DEG 25KT 3781 10015
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN730
WWUS53 KDDC 232327
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
627 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
KSC057-083-232337-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140423T2345Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
627 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3775 10022 3790 10022 3804 10013 3799 9994
3788 9988 3770 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 223DEG 25KT 3787 10007
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 49 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.