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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 6, 2018Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2018, 11:41 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 6, 2018, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2018, 12:14 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

357 
WUUS53 KDDC 070441
SVRDDC
KSC195-070530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0366.180807T0441Z-180807T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1141 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1140 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Voda, moving
  east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wakeeney, Ogallah, Collyer and Voda. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9964 3883 9973 3898 10015 3907 10015
      3913 10013 3913 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 288DEG 25KT 3904 10006 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
646 
WWUS53 KDDC 070456
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1156 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

KSC195-070530-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-180807T0530Z/
Trego KS-
1156 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...

At 1156 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wakeeney,
moving east at 30 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...
Wakeeney, Ogallah and Voda. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9964 3883 9973 3900 10009 3913 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 288DEG 24KT 3901 9993 

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

GERARD
128 
WWUS53 KDDC 070514
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1214 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018

KSC195-070524-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-180807T0530Z/
Trego KS-
1214 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3906 9964 3883 9973 3900 10009 3913 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 288DEG 25KT 3897 9977 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess56 min
Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis66 min
Aug 6, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego56 min
Aug 7, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens65 min
Aug 7, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Rush63 min
Aug 7, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny55 min
Aug 7, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess53 min
Aug 7, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny41 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.