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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2014Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

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.

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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
May 22, 1:06 AM CDTHAIL 15 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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 2014-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

GERARD
2 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

$$

GERARD
382 
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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego38 min
May 22, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton62 min
May 22, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Stanton47 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton47 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.