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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 24, 2020Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2020, 1:47 AM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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
Mar 24, 2020, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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
Mar 23, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2020-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS53 KDDC 240647
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-240730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.200324T0647Z-200324T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
147 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 230 AM CDT.

* At 147 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Isabel,
  moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Isabel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3736 9864 3754 9863 3754 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3734 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0647Z 274DEG 23KT 3745 9857 

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

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
235 
WWUS53 KDDC 240708
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
208 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020

KSC007-151-240718-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200324T0730Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
208 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND
SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3736 9864 3754 9863 3754 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3734 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 274DEG 23KT 3744 9840 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny37 min
Mar 23, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny24 min
Mar 23, 10:57 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 3 more5 hr
Mar 24, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray49 min
Mar 24, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade30 min
Mar 24, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford43 min
Mar 24, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.