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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2014Grant County, Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2014, 2:24 AM CDT for Grant County, Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2014, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

725 
WUUS53 KDDC 010724
SVRDDC
KSC067-075-093-010830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.140601T0724Z-140601T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
224 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT/230 AM MDT/

* AT 122 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KENDALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 10168 3787 10111 3783 10111 3783 10109
      3782 10109 3758 10135 3772 10153 3774 10153
      3774 10156 3790 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 291DEG 21KT 3791 10165

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

986 
WWUS53 KDDC 010736
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
236 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSC067-075-093-010830-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140601T0830Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-GRANT KS-
236 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 330
AM CDT/230 AM MDT/...

AT 132 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENDALL...AND
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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN GRANT
  AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10160 3787 10111 3783 10111 3783 10109
      3782 10109 3758 10135 3772 10153 3774 10153
      3774 10156 3790 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 291DEG 21KT 3788 10157

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

254 
WWUS53 KDDC 010748
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
248 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSC067-075-093-010758-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140601T0830Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-GRANT KS-
248 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN KEARNY 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 IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3799 10160 3787 10111 3783 10111 3783 10109
      3782 10109 3758 10135 3772 10153 3774 10153
      3774 10156 3790 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 291DEG 21KT 3785 10149

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	57 min
Jun 1, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	62 min
Jun 1, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	61 min
Jun 1, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	47 min
Jun 1, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Seward, Stevens	66 min
Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stevens	45 min
Jun 1, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	54 min
Jun 1, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	42 min
Jun 1, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	51 min
Jun 1, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	59 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	60 min
Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	42 min
Jun 1, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	66 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	61 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	65 min
Jun 1, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	26 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	66 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	57 min
Jun 1, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	26 min
Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	66 min
Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	67 min
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	52 min
Jun 1, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.