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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2015Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 7:57 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 N Arnold, 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 24, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

076 
WUUS53 KDDC 250021
SVRDDC
KSC195-250115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.150425T0021Z-150425T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
721 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
  ARNOLD...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 9969 3870 10015 3887 10015 3890 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 271DEG 14KT 3878 10007 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

123 
WWUS53 KDDC 250044
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC195-250115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150425T0115Z/
TREGO KS-
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 742 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
TREGO CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 725 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 
         BY THE PUBLIC 9 MILES NORTH OF ARNOLD.
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 9969 3873 10008 3885 10009 3890 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 268DEG 16KT 3878 9988 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

GERARD

469 
WWUS53 KDDC 250057
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
757 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC195-250107-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150425T0115Z/
TREGO KS-
757 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 9969 3873 10008 3885 10009 3890 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 271DEG 14KT 3878 9980 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.