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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 20204 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2020, 8:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2020, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2020-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 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 2020-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

382 
WUUS53 KDDC 080106
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-069-119-080145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.200508T0106Z-200508T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
806 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 806 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fowler,
  moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Minneola and Fowler. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10032 3756 10026 3756 9988 3719 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 286DEG 16KT 3746 10021 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
537 
WWUS53 KDDC 080110
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
810 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020

KSC025-057-069-119-080145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0145Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Clark KS-
810 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 810 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fowler, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

Locations impacted include...
Minneola and Fowler. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10032 3756 10026 3756 9988 3719 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 286DEG 16KT 3746 10019 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON
607 
WWUS53 KDDC 080123
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
823 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020

KSC025-057-069-119-080145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0145Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Clark KS-
823 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Minneola,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Minneola and Fowler. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10032 3756 10026 3756 9988 3719 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 280DEG 22KT 3745 10004 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess30 min
May 7, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman24 min
May 7, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord33 min
May 7, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade34 min
May 7, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord44 min
May 7, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa23 min
May 7, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards36 min
May 7, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa38 min
May 7, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche52 min
May 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade41 min
May 7, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark37 min
May 7, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa36 min
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche19 min
May 7, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche24 min
May 7, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber44 min
May 7, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 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.