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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2018Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 10:23 PM CDT for Pawnee County, 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
May 14, 2018, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2018, 11:08 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2018-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 849 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

501 
WUUS53 KDDC 150323
SVRDDC
KSC145-150430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0064.180515T0323Z-180515T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1023 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Pawnee County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT

* At 1023 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northeast
  of Burdett, moving east at 45 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...
  Larned, Burdett, Garfield, Rozel, Ash Valley, Sanford and Frizell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9894 3804 9918 3818 9956 3834 9956
      3834 9903 3826 9903 3826 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 282DEG 39KT 3824 9949 

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

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
580 
WWUS53 KDDC 150346
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

KSC145-150430-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180515T0430Z/
Pawnee KS-
1046 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY...

At 1046 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frizell,
moving east at 35 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...
Larned, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford and Frizell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3814 9894 3804 9918 3815 9935 3832 9934
      3834 9903 3826 9903 3826 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 281DEG 28KT 3820 9923 

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

SUGDEN
822 
WWUS53 KDDC 150408
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1108 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

KSC145-150418-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180515T0430Z/
Pawnee KS-
1108 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE 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 small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3814 9894 3804 9918 3815 9935 3832 9934
      3834 9903 3826 9903 3826 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 282DEG 39KT 3815 9893 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott65 min
May 14, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott50 min
May 14, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott26 min
May 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 1 more60 min
May 14, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord52 min
May 14, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman16 min
May 14, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee48 min
May 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa14 min
May 14, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pratt53 min
May 14, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche67 min
May 15, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton61 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.