Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 37 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.