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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 2015Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 9:06 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 2, 2015, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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
Apr 2, 9:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 W Wakeeney, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2015-04-03Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

909 
WUUS53 KDDC 030206
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-030300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.150403T0206Z-150403T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
906 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLYER...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  HAYS...ELLIS...WAKEENEY...SCHOENCHEN...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...
  YOCEMENTO...ANTONINO...VODA...TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9932 3871 9933 3871 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 279DEG 37KT 3910 10011 

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

$$

JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
558 
WWUS53 KDDC 030229
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
929 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

KSC051-195-030300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0300Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
929 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR TREGO AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

AT 929 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAKEENEY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
HAYS...ELLIS...WAKEENEY...SCHOENCHEN...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...
YOCEMENTO...ANTONINO...VODA...TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9932 3871 9933 3871 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 285DEG 27KT 3905 9991 

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

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott56 min
Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 2 more55 min
Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego55 min
Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more50 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford43 min
Apr 3, 3:49 AM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more10 hr
Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more30 hr

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.