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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 10, 2015Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2015, 5:26 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: Sep 10, 2015, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 10, 5:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	17 Nnw Deerfield, KS	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Sep 10, 5:53 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	13 Nnw Deerfield, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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: 3533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 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.

039 
WUUS53 KDDC 102226
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-102315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0264.150910T2226Z-150910T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
526 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYDIA...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10136 3826 10113 3833 10112 3830 10093
      3804 10104 3819 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 289DEG 14KT 3825 10127 

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

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

520 
WWUS53 KDDC 102301
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSC171-102310-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-150910T2315Z/
SCOTT KS-

601 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3826 10136 3826 10095 3804 10104 3819 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 303DEG 13KT 3816 10117 

$$

KSC055-093-102315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-150910T2315Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
601 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LYDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10136 3826 10095 3804 10104 3819 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 303DEG 13KT 3816 10117 

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

$$

GERARD

474 
WWUS53 KDDC 102319
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
619 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSC055-093-102326-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-150910T2315Z/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-
619 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3826 10136 3826 10095 3804 10104 3819 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 289DEG 14KT 3816 10117 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	42 min
Sep 10, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	47 min
Sep 10, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	43 min
Sep 10, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	41 min
Sep 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	47 min
Sep 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
Sep 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	41 min
Sep 10, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stevens	54 min
Sep 10, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	48 min
Sep 10, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton	44 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.