Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 12:52 AM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
- May 22, 2014, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:06 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Arnold, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501
WUUS53 KDDC 220552
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-195-220645-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0039.140522T0552Z-140522T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1252 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1249 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
BEELER...AND MOVING NORTH 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...
PENDENNIS...UTICA...ARNOLD AND TREGO CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9978 3841 10009 3855 10045 3871 10035
3870 10016 3895 10015 3896 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 197DEG 22KT 3852 10017
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
699
WWUS53 KDDC 220615
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
115 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
KSC101-220624-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140522T0645Z/
LANE KS-
115 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3893 9978 3850 10005 3857 10024 3869 10024
3870 10016 3895 10015 3896 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 197DEG 22KT 3864 10012
$$
KSC135-195-220645-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140522T0645Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
115 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 111 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UTICA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
ARNOLD AND TREGO CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9978 3850 10005 3857 10024 3869 10024
3870 10016 3895 10015 3896 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 197DEG 22KT 3864 10012
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD382
WWUS53 KDDC 220634
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
134 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
KSC135-195-220645-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140522T0645Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
134 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3893 9978 3850 10005 3857 10024 3869 10024
3870 10016 3895 10015 3896 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 197DEG 22KT 3876 10007
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 62 min |
| May 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 47 min |
| May 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 47 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.