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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 201810 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2018, 11:16 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 23, 2018, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 1196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

618 
WUUS53 KDDC 240416
SVRDDC
KSC007-025-033-047-057-083-097-145-151-185-240515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.180624T0416Z-180624T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1116 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Eastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  Edwards County in south central Kansas...
  Western Pratt County in south central Kansas...
  Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1116 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hanston to 2 miles southeast of Ford to near
  Minneola, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Dodge City, Gray, Larned, Kinsley, Ashland, Jetmore, Coldwater,
  Bucklin, Greensburg, Spearville, Minneola, Haviland, Macksville,
  Protection, Lewis, Mullinville, Burdett, Ford, Hanston and Offerle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10008 3753 10010 3765 10000 3824 9994
      3824 9892 3739 9891 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 286DEG 33KT 3813 9968 3762 9972 3746 10003 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

113 
WWUS53 KDDC 240437
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1137 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

KSC007-025-033-047-057-083-097-145-151-185-240515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180624T0515Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Hodgeman KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Pawnee KS-
Stafford KS-Edwards KS-Pratt KS-Clark KS-
1137 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN FORD...KIOWA...EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...
COMANCHE...PAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...EDWARDS...WESTERN PRATT
AND CLARK COUNTIES...

At 1137 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles south of Rozel to near Mullinville to 11 miles
south of Minneola, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Gray, Larned, Kinsley, Ashland, Coldwater, Bucklin, Greensburg,
Spearville, Haviland, Macksville, Protection, Lewis, Mullinville,
Burdett, Ford, Hanston, Offerle, Garfield, Rozel and Bloom.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10006 3762 9990 3822 9979 3824 9892
      3739 9891 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 285DEG 33KT 3808 9946 3757 9950 3728 9995 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

622 
WWUS53 KDDC 240450
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1150 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

KSC145-240500-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180624T0515Z/
Pawnee KS-
1150 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
south central and southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3700 10006 3762 9990 3798 9982 3797 9892
      3739 9891 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 285DEG 33KT 3805 9932 3754 9936 3716 9997 

$$

KSC007-025-033-047-057-083-097-151-185-240515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180624T0515Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Hodgeman KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Stafford KS-
Edwards KS-Pratt KS-Clark KS-
1150 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN FORD...KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN
BARBER...COMANCHE...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...EDWARDS...WESTERN PRATT
AND CLARK COUNTIES...

At 1150 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southwest of Garfield to 6 miles southwest of
Greensburg to 5 miles northwest of Acres, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Kinsley, Ashland, Coldwater, Bucklin, Greensburg, Spearville,
Haviland, Macksville, Protection, Lewis, Mullinville, Ford, Offerle,
Bloom, Belpre, Englewood, Sitka, Wilmore, Fellsburg and Wellsford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10006 3762 9990 3798 9982 3797 9892
      3739 9891 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 285DEG 33KT 3805 9932 3754 9936 3716 9997 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	19 min
Jun 23, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	45 min
Jun 23, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	33 min
Jun 23, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	49 min
Jun 23, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	59 min
Jun 23, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott	55 min
Jun 23, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more	50 min
Jun 23, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	39 min
Jun 23, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	48 min
Jun 23, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more	48 min
Jun 23, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	34 min
Jun 23, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	37 min
Jun 24, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more	76 min
Jun 24, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	32 min
Jun 24, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	60 min
Jun 24, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	54 min
Jun 24, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	51 min
Jun 24, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	55 min
Jun 24, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	47 min
Jun 24, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	40 min
Jun 24, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	53 min
Jun 24, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	60 min
Jun 24, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell	66 min
Jun 24, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	61 min
Jun 24, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.