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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2015Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2015, 5:50 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 28, 2015, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 28, 5:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.8813 Wsw Friend, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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.

440 
WUUS53 KDDC 282250
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-282330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0124.150528T2250Z-150528T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
550 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FRIEND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10114 3827 10112 3837 10078 3808 10073
      3809 10115 3824 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 249DEG 20KT 3819 10110 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
111 
WWUS53 KDDC 282312
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
612 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC093-171-282322-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-150528T2330Z/
KEARNY KS-SCOTT KS-

612 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND
SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3808 10073 3810 10090 3826 10092 3826 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 256DEG 10KT 3821 10078 

$$

KSC055-282330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-150528T2330Z/
FINNEY KS-
612 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FRIEND...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
FRIEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10073 3810 10090 3826 10092 3826 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 256DEG 10KT 3821 10078 

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

$$

GERARD
725 
WWUS53 KDDC 282326
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC055-282336-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-150528T2330Z/
FINNEY KS-
626 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3808 10073 3810 10090 3826 10092 3826 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 249DEG 20KT 3821 10078 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman57 min
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray50 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman54 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness6 hr
May 27, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade27 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray17 min
May 27, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane12 hr
May 27, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMeade27 hr
May 27, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards28 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHaskell27 hr
May 28, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness9 hr
May 28, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton46 min
May 28, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens7 hr
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny33 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess49 min
May 28, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott29 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton18 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny50 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott18 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott36 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
May 28, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego43 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton33 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness61 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess43 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness48 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott3 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.