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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2014Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 12 Wnw Howell, KSTHE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
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

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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

$$

SUGDEN
2 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

$$

SUGDEN
730 
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

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 4:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more21 hr
Apr 23, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward54 min
Apr 23, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward63 min
Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade49 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.