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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2014, 8:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: May 7, 2014, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 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.

913 
WUUS53 KDDC 080127
SVRDDC
KSC047-097-151-185-080215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0009.140508T0127Z-140508T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELVIDERE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  CROFT...HAVILAND...WELLSFORD...CULLISON...TROUSDALE...HOPEWELL...
  BYERS AND MACKSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9899 3747 9901 3744 9901 3738 9905
      3738 9916 3742 9928 3800 9906 3800 9902
      3786 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 203DEG 40KT 3748 9913

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

$$

WAH

3 follow-up statements

189 
WWUS53 KDDC 080150
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
850 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

KSC047-097-080200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140508T0215Z/
KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS-
850 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3747 9899 3747 9901 3749 9902 3781 9901
      3796 9891 3786 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 203DEG 40KT 3773 9900

$$

KSC151-185-080215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140508T0215Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
850 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PRATT
AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 848 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
WELLSFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
HOPEWELL AND BYERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9899 3747 9901 3749 9902 3781 9901
      3796 9891 3786 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 203DEG 40KT 3773 9900

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

$$

WAH

748 
WWUS53 KDDC 080201
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
901 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

KSC151-185-080215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140508T0215Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
901 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
PRATT AND SOUTH CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 900 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BYERS...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
BYERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3786 9861 3783 9864 3769 9878 3759 9895
      3767 9896 3794 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 214DEG 37KT 3777 9885

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

$$

WAH

841 
WWUS53 KDDC 080210
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
910 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

KSC151-185-080220-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140508T0215Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
910 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PRATT AND SOUTH
CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3786 9861 3783 9864 3769 9878 3759 9895
      3767 9896 3794 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 214DEG 37KT 3785 9878

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	49 min
May 7, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.