Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 9:20 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Apr 2, 2015, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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, 9:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Alamota, KS | THE HAIL WAS NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE. |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ene Beeler, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
644
WUUS53 KDDC 030220
SVRDDC
KSC051-055-069-083-101-135-165-195-030315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0003.150403T0220Z-150403T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
920 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 920 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER TO NEAR HEALY TO 8 MILES
EAST OF FRIEND...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
NESS CITY...DIGHTON...BAZINE...RANSOM...MCCRACKEN...UTICA...
ALAMOTA...BROWNELL...BEELER...KALVESTA AND ARNOLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 9934 3787 10037 3820 10094 3826 10069
3830 10063 3870 10027 3870 10016 3872 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 283DEG 38KT 3895 10025 3857 10054 3826 10075
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 030236
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
936 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
KSC051-055-069-083-101-135-165-195-030315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150403T0315Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-HODGEMAN KS-NESS KS-FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-ELLIS KS-
LANE KS-
936 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN TREGO...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...
NESS...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY...SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS
AND SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...
AT 934 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARNOLD TO NEAR BEELER TO 14 MILES WEST OF
KALVESTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...DIGHTON...BAZINE...RANSOM...MCCRACKEN...UTICA...
ALAMOTA...BROWNELL...BEELER...KALVESTA AND ARNOLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 9934 3787 10037 3820 10094 3826 10069
3830 10063 3870 10027 3870 10016 3872 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 296DEG 61KT 3870 10003 3841 10022 3813 10054
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
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, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 54 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.