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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 12, 2015Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2015, 10:29 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 min. 2 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 12, 2015, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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 12, 10:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kiowa, KS	ONE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.
Apr 12, 10:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Kiowa, KS	THERE WAS ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 12, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 3762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

963 
WUUS53 KDDC 130329
SVRDDC
KSC007-130345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0019.150413T0329Z-150413T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
  HAZELTON...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...
  KIOWA AND HAZELTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9855 3701 9855 3715 9848 3717 9835
      3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 263DEG 27KT 3707 9838 

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

$$

KRUSE

1 follow-up statement

714 
WWUS53 KDDC 130343
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1043 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSC007-130353-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150413T0345Z/
BARBER KS-
1043 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3700 9855 3701 9855 3715 9848 3717 9835
      3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 263DEG 27KT 3707 9838 

$$

KRUSE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 206 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE OR JUST EAST
OF A HAYS, DODGE, TO LIBERAL LINE SPREADING EASTWARD AS THE
EVENING PROGRESSES. THIS IS DUE TO AMPLE MOIST LOWER LEVELS, A
SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS, RESIDUAL OUTFLOW
FROM STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH LAST NIGHT, 40+ KNOT 0-6 KM SHEAR,
CAPE VALUES OVER 2000, AND AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. SINCE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
UNSTABLE, A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE, MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL
GENERALLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES,
OTHERWISE EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE CWA. THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT SLIDES FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT CONFINING
STORM CHANCES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALONG THE KS/OK
BORDER. PRECIPITATION CHANCES THEN END BY SUNRISE TOMORROW. PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROW WITH EASTERLY
WINDS ACROSS THE CWA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ACROSS
THE KS/OK BORDER WHERE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE FOUND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS IS DUE TO SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED
SOUTH OF THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO LOWER 50S ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGHS TOMORROW ARE ANTICIPATED TO ONLY REACH
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD, UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL BE
LOCATED OVER EASTERN CANADA INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHEASTERN
STATES AS WELL AS OVER WESTERN CANADA INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AN
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE SITUATED FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES INTO
THE NORTHERN PLAINS. FARTHER SOUTH, THE REMAINS OF A SOUTHWESTERN
U.S. CLOSED LOW WILL BE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL EXTEND FROM THE MIDWEST BACK THROUGH
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS INTO NEW MEXICO.

LIGHT WINDS AND COOL DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOW
40S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS IS
CLOSE TO THE LATEST MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS. IT COULD WIND UP BEING
COLDER THAN THIS BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW INCREASING MOISTURE IN THE
MID AND HIGH LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTING THAT WE WILL SEE
INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT.

DURING THE DAY TUESDAY, THE SOUTHERN PLAINS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO
WEAKEN AS IT LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
THAT SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION COULD OCCUR AS FAR WEST AS CENTRAL
KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO WILL MAINTAIN THE SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR THAT AREA.

ALL OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF
HIGH CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK. THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS PROGGED TO
UNDERGO AN ANTICYCLONIC WAVE BREAK WITH A CLOSED OFF LOW DROPPING
INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN SLOWLY
WOBBLING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH NEW MEXICO INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL
DRAW MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS. IF MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE THIS TREND, SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS BY LATE WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND, DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE
UPPER LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 638 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS
ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. WINDS AT THE TAF SITES WILL SHIFT
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15-20 KTS FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT,
THEN SETTLE DOWN TO 10-15 KTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AT KDDC AND KHYS
AS THE FRONT PASSES LATER THIS EVENING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  48  66  42  66 /  20  10  10  10
GCK  45  66  40  67 /  10  10  10  10
EHA  46  64  40  67 /  10  10  10  10
LBL  49  66  42  66 /  20  10  10  10
HYS  44  69  39  69 /  10   0  10  10
P28  52  68  43  66 /  50  10  10  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HOVORKA_42
LONG TERM...GERARD
AVIATION...FINCH

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:18 AM CDT, 18 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
418 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-130930-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
418 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  MONDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.

  THURSDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  SATURDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/?N=HWO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
901 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     HAIL             3 ENE STAFFORD          37.98N 98.55W
04/12/2015  E0.88 INCH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
925 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE ISABEL             37.43N 98.49W
04/12/2015                   BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

            LOST WELL TOP OFF A WELL. IT WAS MADE OF BOARD AND TIN
            AND WEIGHED AROUND 70 POUNDS. THERE WAS ALSO DIME SIZE
            HAIL.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:31 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
931 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     HAIL             3 ENE STAFFORD          37.98N 98.55W
04/12/2015  E0.88 INCH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

0820 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N ZENITH              37.96N 98.48W
04/12/2015  E55.00 MPH       STAFFORD           KS   PUBLIC

            WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 50-60 MPH.

&&

GERARD

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 9:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
945 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ081-090-130330-
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
945 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND
SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 944 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE AND SHARON.

LAT...LON 3728 9862 3752 9849 3751 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3718 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 293DEG 49KT 3735 9849

KRUSE

Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
952 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     HAIL             5 SW GARFIELD           38.03N 99.32W
04/12/2015  E0.88 INCH       PAWNEE             KS   PUBLIC

&&

JFINCH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:23 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1023 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

KSZ090-130400-
BARBER KS-
1023 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...

AT 1022 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
VERY NEAR KIOWA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIOWA...HARDTNER AND HAZELTON.

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3700 9867 3712 9856 3714 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 262DEG 60KT 3703 9846

KRUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	44 min
Apr 12, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	58 min
Apr 12, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	58 min
Apr 12, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	42 min
Apr 12, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	32 min
Apr 12, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Barber	10 min
Apr 12, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	59 min
Apr 12, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	45 min
Apr 12, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.