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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 11, 20154 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2015, 9:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 11, 2015, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2015, 10:24 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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 11, 10:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Sw Plymell, KS	A LOT OF PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

338 
WUUS53 KDDC 120251
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-120345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.150412T0251Z-150412T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
951 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 950 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF HICKOK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3759 10119 3778 10119 3785 10077 3754 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 268DEG 24KT 3768 10115 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

685 
WWUS53 KDDC 120305
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1005 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

KSC067-093-120315-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T0345Z/
GRANT KS-KEARNY KS-

1005 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3765 10105 3779 10106 3785 10077 3761 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 263DEG 33KT 3772 10099 

$$

KSC055-081-120345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T0345Z/
HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-
1005 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 1005 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PLYMELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3765 10105 3779 10106 3785 10077 3761 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 263DEG 33KT 3772 10099 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

FINCH

844 
WWUS53 KDDC 120324
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1024 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

KSC055-081-120334-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T0345Z/
HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-
1024 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HASKELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3765 10105 3779 10106 3785 10077 3761 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 268DEG 24KT 3774 10076 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	40 min
Apr 11, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	39 min
Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	46 min
Apr 11, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	39 min
Apr 11, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	23 min
Apr 11, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	43 min
Apr 12, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	49 min
Apr 12, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Scott	33 min
Apr 12, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	48 min
Apr 12, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	43 min
Apr 12, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	46 min
Apr 12, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	45 min
Apr 12, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	56 min
Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	48 min
Apr 12, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	44 min
Apr 12, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	42 min
Apr 12, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	64 min
Apr 12, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.