Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
580
WWUS53 KDDC 150346
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018
KSC145-150430-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180515T0430Z/
Pawnee KS-
1046 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY...
At 1046 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frizell,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Larned, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford and Frizell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3814 9894 3804 9918 3815 9935 3832 9934
3834 9903 3826 9903 3826 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 281DEG 28KT 3820 9923
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN822
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
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 65 min |
| May 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 26 min |
| May 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 1 more | 60 min |
| May 14, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 52 min |
| May 14, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 16 min |
| May 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 48 min |
| May 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 14 min |
| May 14, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pratt | 53 min |
| May 14, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 67 min |
| May 15, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 61 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.