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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 13, 2015Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 6:33 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 8 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: Jul 13, 2015, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	3 W Kalvesta, KS
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	11 Nw Kalvesta, KS	WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 80 MPH.
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	11 Nw Kalvesta, KS	THE HAIL WAS MOSTLY QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE.
Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	6 Ese Kalvesta, KS	WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH.
Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	6 Ese Kalvesta, KS
Jul 13, 7:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	8 E Kalvesta, KS	SOME TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN.
Jul 13, 7:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	8 E Kalvesta, KS	A WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN BY THE HAIL AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE HAD BROKEN WINDOWS.
Jul 13, 7:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	9 Wsw Jetmore, KS	REPORT IS FROM KWCH STORM CHASER.

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 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -45 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.

546 
WUUS53 KDDC 132333
SVRDDC
KSC055-083-140030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0190.150713T2333Z-150714T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KALVESTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10062 3826 10063 3825 10001 3799 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 285DEG 24KT 3816 10046 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KRUSE

2 follow-up statements

729 
WWUS53 KDDC 132353
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
653 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC055-083-140030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-150714T0030Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FINNEY KS-
653 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 651 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A GUST FRONT AHEAD OF THE STORM
COULD HAVE VERY STRONG WINDS.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALVESTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10051 3826 10054 3825 10001 3799 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 285DEG 24KT 3813 10031 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

KRUSE

161 
WWUS53 KDDC 140005
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
705 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC055-083-140030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-150714T0030Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FINNEY KS-
705 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALVESTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10051 3826 10054 3825 10001 3799 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 285DEG 24KT 3811 10020 

HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...80MPH

$$

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 Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1212 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

CAMS LIKE THE 4 KM NAM AND NMM SHOW CONVECTION DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY/THERMAL TROUGH. HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS ALONG
THE NORTHERN ZONES (30-40 PERCENT) AND LOWER SOUTH. THESE VALUES WILL
TAPER TO THE SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH AS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
IN SUCH AS WAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE OUTFLOW WINDS AND SOME SMALL
HAIL. DCAPE IS STILL FORECAST, SO SOME OF THE OUTFLOW WINDS COULD APPROACH
SEVERE LEVELS. CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND THERE SHOULD
BE A MINIMUM IN ACTIVITY BY MORNING. LOWS WILL BE MILD AND IN THE 60S
WEST TO 70S EAST.

FOR TOMORROW, CONVECTION LOOKS LIKELY IN AN UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME. HAVE
THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES. CONVECTION SHOULD INITIALLY
DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW FAR THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROPAGATE, BUT DO
HAVE POPS TAPERING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AS AN INITIAL APPROXIMATION.
THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH CAPE AND MARGINAL SHEAR FOR SOME LOW
END SEVERE EVENTS. AGAIN, THE MOSTLY LIKELY THREAT IS OUTFLOW WINDS
WITH SOME HAIL POSSIBLE TOO. HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 90S, ALTHOUGH
A FEW LOW 100S CANNOT BE RULED OUT BY THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS HEAT
IN COMBINATION WITH DEWPOINTS, WILL CREATE HEAT ADVISORY HEAT INDEX
AGAIN FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. HAVE ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR BARBER
COUNTY AS A RESULT. THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT CAN ADJUST/CANCEL/OR EXPAND
AS DEEMED FIT VIA 00Z NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION OUTPUT SOLUTIONS.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 139 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

ANOTHER BOUT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SIMILAR SETUP AS DESCRIBED ABOVE...UPSLOPE FLOW. HAVE THE HIGHEST
POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLOSER PROXIMITY
TO THE BOUNDARY. AGAIN, SOME WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 90S. FOR THURSDAY ONWARD, CONVECTION SHOULD BE
MORE LIMITED/ISOLATED. THE SLIGHT SUPERBLEND POPS LIKE FINE FOR NOW
FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE WEEKEND WILL BE MAINLY DRY AS UPPER
LEVEL FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
WITH WIDESPREAD UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER CHANCE
FOR STORMS LATE NEXT SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES CLOSER
TO THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 625 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL CARRY VCTS AT THE GARDEN CITY AND
DODGE CITY TERMINALS THROUGH ABOUT 07Z TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. THINK
THAT THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL STAY SOUTH OF HAYS BUT WILL HAVE
TO MONITOR AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO
PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  71  98  70  97 /  30  30  40  30
GCK  69  96  68  95 /  40  40  50  40
EHA  68 101  68  96 /  20  40  30  30
LBL  70  98  69  99 /  20  40  40  30
HYS  73  96  71  94 /  40  30  50  40
P28  74 101  74  99 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ031-046-065-066-
079>081-089-090.

HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR KSZ090.

&&

SHORT TERM...SUGDEN
LONG TERM...SUGDEN
AVIATION...GERARD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDT, 14 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
405 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140915-
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-
405 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER, SO FAR, IS FORECAST
TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE 102 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. A
HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY GENERALLY EAST OF A HAYS TO KINSLEY
TO COLDWATER LINE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
96. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK IS LOW, BUT THE STRONGEST STORM MAY
PRODUCE UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...THE BEST CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK IS LIMITED BOTH DAYS,
HOWEVER A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG WITH
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  THURSDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SATURDAY...
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SUNDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ043-044-062-063-132330-
SCOTT KS-KEARNY KS-LANE KS-FINNEY KS-
527 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...SOUTHWESTERN LANE AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM VERY
NEAR FRIEND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRIEND...SHALLOW WATER AND AMY.

LAT...LON 3816 10046 3811 10112 3826 10113 3827 10112
      3836 10113 3836 10112 3848 10059
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 252DEG 39KT 3825 10090

KRUSE

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ065-066-079-140030-
EDWARDS KS-PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
623 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PAWNEE...WEST CENTRAL
STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF GARFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARFIELD...ROZEL...BELPRE...SANFORD...FRIZELL AND ZOOK.

LAT...LON 3805 9947 3821 9943 3813 9893 3791 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 285DEG 24KT 3809 9934

KRUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 11:40 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber	32 hr
Jul 13, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	63 min
Jul 13, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	43 min
Jul 13, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	67 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.