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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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 $$ JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
537
WWUS53 KDDC 080110
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
810 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
KSC025-057-069-119-080145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200508T0145Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Clark KS-
810 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 810 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fowler, moving
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Minneola and Fowler.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3742 10032 3756 10026 3756 9988 3719 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 286DEG 16KT 3746 10019
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JJOHNSON607 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 30 min |
| May 7, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| May 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 52 min |
| May 7, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 41 min |
| May 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 37 min |
| May 7, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 7, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 19 min |
| May 7, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 24 min |
| May 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 44 min |
| May 7, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 38 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.