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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2015, 5:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2015, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937
WUUS53 KDDC 202202
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-101-135-171-202245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0281.151020T2202Z-151020T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
502 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 500 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
KALVESTA TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AHEAD OF THIS STORM.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAY...JETMORE...HANSTON AND KALVESTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3833 10082 3836 10009 3815 9958 3785 9998
3794 10030 3801 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 208DEG 38KT 3800 10080 3797 10031 3784 10007
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
024
WWUS53 KDDC 202230
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015
KSC055-057-069-083-101-135-171-202239-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-151020T2245Z/
FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-SCOTT KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
530 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN
GRAY...NORTH CENTRAL FORD...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...SOUTHERN LANE...
SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3833 10082 3836 10009 3815 9958 3785 9998
3794 10030 3801 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 208DEG 38KT 3827 10062 3824 10013 3810 9989
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 49 min |
| Oct 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 43 min |
| Oct 20, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.