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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 19, 20184 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2018, 11:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 19, 2018, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2018, 11:46 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 3419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

698 
WUUS53 KDDC 200401
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-151-200500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0308.180720T0401Z-180720T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1101 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Northern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Southwestern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1100 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
  Mullinville, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size 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...
  Coldwater, Greensburg, Haviland, Mullinville, Cullison, Sun City,
  Wilmore, Wellsford, Croft and Belvidere.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9951 3771 9953 3771 9890 3718 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 265DEG 22KT 3759 9940 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH

4 follow-up statements

061 
WWUS53 KDDC 200413
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1113 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

KSC007-033-097-151-200500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0308.000000T0000Z-180720T0500Z/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Pratt KS-
1113 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PRATT COUNTIES...

At 1112 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Greensburg, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size 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...
Coldwater, Greensburg, Haviland, Mullinville, Cullison, Sun City,
Wilmore, Wellsford, Croft and Belvidere.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9951 3771 9953 3771 9890 3718 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 298DEG 22KT 3754 9932 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH

481 
WWUS53 KDDC 200426
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1126 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

KSC007-033-097-151-200500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0308.000000T0000Z-180720T0500Z/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Pratt KS-
1126 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PRATT COUNTIES...

At 1126 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Greensburg, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size 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...
Coldwater, Greensburg, Haviland, Cullison, Sun City, Wilmore,
Wellsford, Croft and Belvidere.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 9951 3764 9942 3765 9891 3718 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 331DEG 16KT 3755 9924 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH

748 
WWUS53 KDDC 200441
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1141 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

KSC007-033-097-151-200500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0308.000000T0000Z-180720T0500Z/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Pratt KS-
1141 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE
AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES...

At 1141 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
of Belvidere, moving southeast at 20 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...
Greensburg, Sun City, Wilmore, Croft and Belvidere. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 9941 3760 9934 3759 9891 3718 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 331DEG 16KT 3750 9920 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH

462 
WWUS53 KDDC 200446
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1146 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

KSC007-033-097-151-200455-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0308.000000T0000Z-180720T0500Z/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Pratt KS-
1146 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...
NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3731 9941 3760 9934 3759 9891 3718 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 265DEG 22KT 3750 9916 

$$

FINCH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 7:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
705 PM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018

...Updated for aviation discussion...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 1231 PM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018

Scattered storms and heat will continue to be the main forecast
points in the short term. A surface low located in southeast
Colorado along with a weak frontal boundary in southwest Kansas
will be the focus for the potential development of storms late
this afternoon into tonight. HRRR and RAP have been fairly
consistent showing isolated to widely scattered storms developing
after 4pm and moving east to southeast through the forecast area
before dying off shortly after sunset. Main risk with these storms
will be strong downburst winds given the environment of around
100 degree highs and dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s. CAPE
values are forecast to be ~3000 J/kg ahead of the thunderstorm
development. It looks like better potential for storm development
tonight given the lack of widespread morning convection...however
a few isolated thunderstorms from Syracuse to Garden City that
developed this morning may provide a more stable airmass for
thunderstorm development to overcome.

Friday could bring with it similar conditions with more heat
through the forecast area as highs in the lower 100s with heat
index values around 105 for the counties along the Oklahoma border
looking like a good bet. The surface low in eastern Colorado will
continue to have a weak frontal boundary in southwest Kansas and
with northwest flow another 500-700 mb shortwave will move in late
afternoon. Depending on where the boundary sets up more isolated
to widely scattered late afternoon storms could develop. A lot
will depend on if the CAP can be broken ahead of the boundary so
the chance nothing develops is also in the cards.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 140 PM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018

More chances of spotty storms will continue in the long term as
the upper level pattern will continue to stay mainly in northwest
flow between an upper level low in the southeast and a ridge in
the desert southwest.

A 500-700 mb shortwave is forecast to come into western Kansas
Saturday afternoon into Saturday night and combining with upslope
flow we could once again see isolated to widely scattered
thunderstorms develop.

Sunday with the ridge moving a little more eastward at this point
this should keep us dry through most of the day.

Monday the long term models have the hints of a MCS developing in
eastern Colorado with a shortwave propagating along the ridge and
moving into western Kansas in the overnight.

Tuesday through Thursday continue with the upper level flow in a
northwest pattern with periodic shortwaves rotating around the
ridge in the Rockies providing more chances of isolated to widely
scattered storms.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 704 PM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018

Aside from isolated evening t-storms, VFR conditions will presist.
With a light pressure gradient, winds will be generally light and
less than 10 kts except in vicinity of t-storms through 02z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  68 101  70  93 /  20   0  20  10
GCK  68 102  69  94 /  20  10  20  10
EHA  70 104  70  98 /  20  20  20   0
LBL  71 106  71  97 /  20  20  20   0
HYS  70  96  68  91 /  10   0  10   0
P28  73 102  73  94 /  20   0  20  10

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Heat Advisory from 1 PM to 7 PM CDT Friday for KSZ088>090.

&&

SHORT TERM...Tatro
LONG TERM...Tatro
AVIATION...Finch

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:34 AM CDT, 19 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
334 AM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200845-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
334 AM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018 /234 AM MDT Thu Jul 19 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------

A heat advisory is in effect this afternoon across portions of
south central Kansas. See the latest Urgent weather message for
more information.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Significant risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

A chance of storms will be possible Friday and again early next
week. As of now, these storms do not look to be severe.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Significant risk

* Saturday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Sunday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Elevated risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
841 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     HAIL             GARDEN CITY             37.98N 100.86W
07/19/2018  E0.25 INCH       FINNEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS PEA SIZE.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
903 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HAIL             2 NNW GARDEN CITY       38.00N 100.88W
07/19/2018  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

            SOCIAL MEDIA QUARTER SIZE.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
922 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0857 PM     HAIL             1 W KALVESTA            38.06N 100.30W
07/19/2018  E1.00 INCH       FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

JF

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
926 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0919 PM     HAIL             9 SW JETMORE            38.00N 100.01W
07/19/2018  E1.00 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   PUBLIC

&&

JF

Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
957 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     HAIL             2 S JETMORE             38.05N 99.90W
07/19/2018  E1.50 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT PING PONG SIZE HAIL.

&&

RML

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:46 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

KSZ080-200445-
Kiowa KS-
1046 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

At 1046 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Mullinville, moving east at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Greensburg, Haviland, Mullinville, Wellsford and Belvidere.

LAT...LON 3770 9955 3771 9902 3740 9902 3741 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 269DEG 20KT 3757 9949

RBURG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny	43 min
Jul 19, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	13 min
Jul 19, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	48 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	21 min
Jul 19, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	38 min
Jul 19, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	45 min
Jul 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	49 min
Jul 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Haskell	57 min
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	65 min
Jul 19, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade	48 min
Jul 19, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	46 min
Jul 19, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	43 min
Jul 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	26 min
Jul 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	59 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more	55 min
Jul 20, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	48 min
Jul 20, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more	74 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	68 min
Jul 20, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	63 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.