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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 31, 2019Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2019, 6:36 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 31, 2019, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2019, 7:05 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-543 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

978 
WUUS53 KDDC 312336
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-010030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.190731T2336Z-190801T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
636 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2019

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...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 636 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ransom,
  moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ness City, Bazine, Ransom, Brownell and Cedar Bluff. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3843 10005 3871 10002 3881 9962 3835 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 266DEG 19KT 3857 9987 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
442 
WWUS53 KDDC 312350
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
650 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2019

KSC135-195-010030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-190801T0030Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
650 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES...

At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near McCracken,
moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ness City, Bazine, Ransom, Brownell and Cedar Bluff. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3843 10005 3871 10002 3881 9962 3835 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 268DEG 25KT 3854 9965 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON
016 
WWUS53 KDDC 010005
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
705 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2019

KSC135-195-010015-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-190801T0030Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
705 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3843 10005 3871 10002 3881 9962 3835 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 266DEG 19KT 3855 9954 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny31 min
Jul 31, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton40 min
Jul 31, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny47 min
Jul 31, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney46 min
Jul 31, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane29 min
Jul 31, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane35 min
Jul 31, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess43 min
Jul 31, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego46 min
Jul 31, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush37 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.