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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 20185 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 5:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: May 29, 2018, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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
May 29, 5:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Se Hanston, KS	QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 29, 5:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	7 Se Hanston, KS	HALF DOLLAR HAIL.

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
May 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -422 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

975 
WUUS53 KDDC 292212
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-135-145-165-292300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.180529T2212Z-180529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
512 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Eastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT

* At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Hanston, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Gray, Jetmore, Burdett, Hanston, Rush Center, Rozel, Alexander, Ash
  Valley, Sanford, Nekoma, Frizell and Hargrave.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 9901 3791 9961 3791 9969 3806 9991
      3860 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 239DEG 25KT 3800 9970 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Reynolds

1 follow-up statement

986 
WWUS53 KDDC 292231
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

KSC135-292240-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-180529T2300Z/
Ness KS-
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 
moveed out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central, central and southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3791 9961 3791 9970 3800 9982 3826 9962
      3826 9958 3831 9958 3855 9940 3825 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 239DEG 25KT 3807 9956 

$$

KSC047-083-145-165-292300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-180529T2300Z/
Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Edwards KS-
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN RUSH AND
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

At 530 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Gray, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Gray, Burdett, Hanston, Rush Center, Rozel, Ash Valley, Sanford,
Nekoma and Frizell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 9961 3791 9970 3800 9982 3826 9962
      3826 9958 3831 9958 3855 9940 3825 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 239DEG 25KT 3807 9956 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	55 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	10 min
May 28, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	46 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny, Stevens	52 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	50 min
May 28, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 3 more	53 min
May 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 3 more	54 min
May 28, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	3 hr
May 28, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	12 min
May 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	53 min
May 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	39 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	29 min
May 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	67 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	28 hr
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	55 min
May 28, 9:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	6 hr
May 28, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	35 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	34 min
May 28, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade	29 min
May 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	33 min
May 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	45 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	50 min
May 29, 4:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Trego	15 hr
May 29, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	38 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	38 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	47 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	58 min
May 29, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	53 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman, Ness	47 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	45 min
May 29, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	54 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	21 min
May 29, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	54 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	51 min
May 29, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	43 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	55 min
May 29, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford	16 min
May 29, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	32 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	45 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford	43 min
May 29, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Kiowa	46 min
May 29, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	60 min
May 29, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	55 min
May 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 min
May 29, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	64 min
May 29, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	48 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.