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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 6, 20196 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2019, 8:59 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2019, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2019, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WUUS53 KDDC 070159
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-119-129-175-189-070245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.190507T0159Z-190507T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
859 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 859 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cave to 7 miles south of Feterita, 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...
  Liberal, Hugoton, Satanta, Rolla, Moscow, Cave, Woods and Feterita.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10183 3748 10124 3747 10047 3700 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 259DEG 31KT 3743 10116 3705 10153 

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

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	50 min
May 6, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	61 min
May 6, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	18 min
May 6, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	50 min
May 6, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	54 min
May 6, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	45 min
May 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	51 min
May 6, 8:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	4 hr
May 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny	49 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	47 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	45 min
May 6, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee	4 hr
May 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	3 hr
May 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	31 min
May 6, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	30 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pawnee	3 hr
May 6, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	48 min
May 6, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more	43 min
May 6, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	31 min
May 6, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	45 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	54 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Edwards	24 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	51 min
May 6, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	50 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards	15 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	47 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 2 more	47 min
May 6, 10:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	104 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	2 hr
May 6, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	47 min
May 6, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	24 min
May 6, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	57 min
May 6, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	44 min
May 6, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	49 min
May 6, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pratt, Stafford	47 min
May 6, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	16 min
May 7, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	12 hr
May 7, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	63 min
May 7, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	48 min
May 7, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	32 min
May 7, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	47 min
May 7, 12:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	24 hr
May 7, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	33 min
May 7, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	35 min
May 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	28 min
May 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt	6 hr
May 7, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	27 min
May 7, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	26 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	27 min
May 7, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	24 min
May 7, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	34 min
May 7, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	37 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark	4 hr
May 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	35 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.