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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 13, 20184 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2018, 8:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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 13, 2018, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nnw Hays, KSREPORTED AT AUTUMN LANE HAYS, KS.
May 13, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 14 N Hays, KSDERRICK UNREID STORM CHASER.
May 13, 8:38 PM CDTHAIL 0.254 W Loretta, KSPEA SIZED HAIL AND POSSIBLE WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY FIRE CHIEF MATT MCCUNE.
May 13, 9:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Wnw Hargrave, KSGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED A FEW MILES EAST ON THE MCCRACKEN BLACKTOP.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2018-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1208 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 2018-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

394 
WUUS53 KDDC 140109
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-140200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.180514T0109Z-180514T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
809 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT

* At 809 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near McCracken, 
  moving northeast at 35 mph. This warning replaces the two previous 
  warnings. 

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Hays, Ellis, La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Catherine, Bison,
  Schoenchen, McCracken, Rush Center, Liebenthal, Alexander,
  Brownell, Yocemento, Cedar Bluff, Munjor, Loretta, Nekoma, Hargrave
  and Riga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3867 9903
      3844 9926 3847 9990 3904 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 224DEG 29KT 3855 9960 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Reynolds
2 follow-up statements
200 
WWUS53 KDDC 140119
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
819 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2018

KSC051-135-165-195-140200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180514T0200Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
819 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHERN RUSH AND ELLIS
COUNTIES...

At 818 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near McCracken,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Hays, Ellis, La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Catherine, Schoenchen,
McCracken, Liebenthal, Alexander, Brownell, Yocemento, Cedar Bluff,
Munjor, Loretta, Nekoma, Hargrave, Riga, Pfeifer and Toulon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3867 9903
      3844 9936 3845 9947 3849 9989 3904 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 224DEG 29KT 3861 9953 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Reynolds
805 
WWUS53 KDDC 140132
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
832 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2018

KSC051-135-165-195-140200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180514T0200Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
832 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHERN RUSH AND ELLIS
COUNTIES...

At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Schoenchen, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Hays, Ellis, La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Catherine, Schoenchen,
McCracken, Liebenthal, Brownell, Yocemento, Cedar Bluff, Munjor,
Loretta, Hargrave, Riga, Pfeifer, Toulon and Antonino.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3867 9903
      3853 9923 3849 9961 3859 9984 3904 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 224DEG 29KT 3869 9943 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee24 min
May 13, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford14 min
May 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade46 min
May 13, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego54 min
May 13, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade26 min
May 13, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego38 min
May 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche55 min
May 13, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis52 min
May 13, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa49 min
May 13, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee44 min
May 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush39 min
May 13, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego46 min
May 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt43 min
May 13, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCNess, Rush6 hr
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego48 min
May 13, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego46 min
May 13, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis27 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.