Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 2, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 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.
- 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
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
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
558
WWUS53 KDDC 030229
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
929 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
KSC051-195-030300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0300Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
929 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR TREGO AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
AT 929 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAKEENEY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAYS...ELLIS...WAKEENEY...SCHOENCHEN...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...
YOCEMENTO...ANTONINO...VODA...TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3912 9932 3871 9933 3871 10015 3913 10015
3913 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 285DEG 27KT 3905 9991
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 2 more | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 30 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.