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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 29, 2018Finney County, Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2018, 8:21 PM CDT for Finney County, Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2018, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	13 Sse Kendall, KS	SEVERAL QUARTER INCH HAIL STONES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

958 
WUUS53 KDDC 300121
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-093-300200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.180430T0121Z-180430T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
821 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  West central Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  North central Grant County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT

* At 820 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
  Ulysses, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Lakin and Deerfield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3763 10130 3772 10149 3807 10140 3795 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 204DEG 23KT 3777 10140 

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

Reynolds

2 follow-up statements

722 
WWUS53 KDDC 300147
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
847 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2018

KSC055-067-093-300200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180430T0200Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-Grant KS-
847 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...WEST CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANT
COUNTIES...

At 847 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lakin, moving
northeast at 25 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...
Lakin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3767 10127 3776 10136 3803 10132 3795 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 204DEG 23KT 3793 10131 

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

Reynolds

580 
WWUS53 KDDC 300158
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
858 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2018

KSC055-067-093-300207-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180430T0200Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-Grant KS-
858 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...WEST
CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM
CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3767 10127 3776 10136 3803 10132 3795 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 204DEG 23KT 3799 10128 

$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	40 min
Apr 29, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	33 min
Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	13 min
Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	29 hr

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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.