Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 8:49 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 5 reports 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 2, 2015, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 6 E Modoc, KS | THE WIND WAS JUST AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORM. |
| Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 112 | 2 Sw Scott State Lake, KS | MEASURED FROM A DAVIS INSTRUMENTS WEATHER STATION. DAMAGE TO GRAIN BIN, SHED, AND BROKEN OUT WINDOWS. |
| Apr 2, 9:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Grigston, KS | WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH BLEW OUT REAR WINDOWS ON TWO VEHICLES AND BROKE EVERY WINDOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF A RESIDENCE. |
| Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | 5 Ssw Grigston, KS | |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 Wsw Grigston, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
584 WUUS53 KDDC 030149 SVRDDC KSC101-171-030245- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0001.150403T0149Z-150403T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 849 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MARIENTHAL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...MODOC...AMY...SHIELDS...SHALLOW WATER... PENDENNIS...MANNING...HEALY...SCOTT STATE LAKE AND GRIGSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3869 10027 3828 10067 3830 10112 3870 10113 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 285DEG 43KT 3859 10118 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
227
WWUS53 KDDC 030203
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
903 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
KSC101-171-030245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150403T0245Z/
LANE KS-SCOTT KS-
903 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 902 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT STATE
LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...MODOC...AMY...SHIELDS...SHALLOW WATER...
PENDENNIS...MANNING...HEALY...SCOTT STATE LAKE AND GRIGSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10027 3828 10067 3830 10112 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 288DEG 39KT 3866 10100
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 2 more | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 30 hr |
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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.