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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 20225 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2022, 2:47 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 73 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2022, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 73 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 2:55 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	3 Nw Victoria, KS	MESONET STATION K5WKR 2 NW VICTORIA.
Apr 23, 3:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	2 Nnw La Crosse, KS	MESONET STATION FW1214 LA CROSSE.
Apr 23, 3:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	3 Nw Victoria, KS	MESONET STATION K5WKR 2 NW VICTORIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 23, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

187 
WUUS53 KDDC 230747
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-145-165-195-230900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.220423T0747Z-220423T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
247 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Rush County in central Kansas...
  Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 400 AM CDT.

* At 246 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles north of Ogallah to near Ness City, moving
  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Bazine around 300 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Alexander, Nekoma, Hargrave, Rush Center, La Crosse, Bison, Timken
and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3867 9903 3834 9903 3833 10009
      3913 9995 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 261DEG 36KT 3912 9967 3839 9986 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

515 
WWUS53 KDDC 230833 RRA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
333 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

KSC051-135-145-165-195-230900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-220423T0900Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
333 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...RUSH
AND ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 333 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Natoma to near Rush Center, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Otis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3867 9903 3834 9903 3834 9991
      3913 9936 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 261DEG 36KT 3919 9907 3846 9927 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HOVORKA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 1:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
125 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

...Updated Short Term, Long Term and Fire Weather Discussions...

.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
Issued at 115 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

Thunderstorms along and ahead of a dry line will cross south
central Kansas early this Saturday morning. Behind this boundary a
gusty southwest to west wind at 15 to 25 mph will be possible
with higher gusts likely through late day. Afternoon dew points
are expected to range from 15 to 25 degrees which will result in
humidity values falling back into the 10 to 15 percent range by
late day. The combination of these winds and low humidity values
will create critical fire weather conditions and as a result have
upgraded the fire watch to a red flag warning for this Saturday
afternoon.

As for temperatures today...clearing skies from west to east
during the day is expected and based on the forecast afternoon
temperatures near the top of the mixed layer it appears that the
temperatures will warm into the upper 70s to lower 80s. Once again
the exception will be across west central and north central
Kansas. In these locations the highs will be closer to 70 to 75
degrees given the timing of the cold frontal passage.

Tonight the winds will decrease as an area of high pressure
begins to build into the west central high plains. Clear skies and
decreasing winds will result in lows tonight falling back into
the 35 to 45 degree range.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday through Friday)
Issued at 115 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

Sunday through Monday an area of high pressure will build across
western Kansas. Temperatures will be on the cool side both days
based on the 900-850mb temperature trend. The coolest temperatures
will be Sunday night and Monday. On Sunday night the lows will
fall back into the 30s with a decent signal of lows near 32
degrees Monday morning north and west of the Garden City area.
Later shifts will have to monitor an upper level disturbance as it
crosses the west central high plains Sunday night. At this time
it appears only clouds will accompany this upper wave but a few
models do suggest that some very light precipitation will also be
possible across extreme southwest Kansas.

A warming trend will then return to southwest Kansas mid to late
week as an upper level ridge builds across the Rockies and out
into the Western High Plains. Gusty south winds will also be
developing late week as a trough of low pressure at the surface
develops along the lee of the Rockies. Gusty winds and dry
conditions mid to late week will produce a favorable environment
for increasing fire danger returning to all of southwest Kansas.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night)
Issued at 1200 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

BUFR soundings continue to indicated boundary layer winds 40
knots or greater with +60 knot winds possible through at least 09z
in the 1500 to 2000ft AGL level. Surface winds overnight will
range from 30 to 35 knots with a few gusts up to 50 knots being
possible at times. A line of thunderstorms will cross southwest
Kansas overnight with the best chance for convection being in the
Garden City and Liberal areas between 07z and 09z Saturday.
Convection will cross the Hays and Dodge City area between 08z and
11z Saturday. Once these storms passe the strong south winds will
shift to the southwest and decrease into the 20 to 25 knot range.
VFR ceilings in the 4000ft to 8000ft AGL level overnight will
give way to clearing skies once these thunderstorms pass.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 115 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

A surface boundary/dryline will move across south central Kansas
early today and behind this surface boundary a west to southwest
wind at 15 to 25 mph can be expected through late day. The
combination of these gusty winds and humidity values falling back
into the 10 to 15 percent will produce dangerous fire weather
conditions across all of southwest Kansas this Saturday afternoon.
Open fires can quickly escape and be difficult to control.
Outdoor burning should not be attempted today.

 &&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  55  78  41  69 /  50   0   0   0
GCK  51  76  38  66 /  60   0   0   0
EHA  50  75  38  67 /  30   0   0   0
LBL  53  78  39  69 /  30   0   0   0
HYS  58  79  42  68 /  70   0   0   0
P28  65  84  47  74 /  40  30   0   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
High Wind Warning until 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ early this morning
for KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090.

Fire Weather Watch from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today through this
evening for KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090.

&&

SHORT TERM...Burgert
LONG TERM...Burgert
AVIATION...Burgert
FIRE WEATHER...Burgert

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 2:03 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
203 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-240715-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
203 AM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022 /103 AM MDT Sat Apr 23 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Gusty west to southwest winds and low humidity will result in
dangerous fire weather conditions today. A red flag warning is in
effect this Saturday afternoon. Please refer to the latest fire
weather, TOPRFWDDC, product for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
102 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1251 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW PIERCEVILLE        37.92N 100.72W
04/23/2022  M63 MPH          FINNEY             KS   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
108 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 ESE SCOTT STATE LAKE  38.68N 100.90W
04/23/2022  M58 MPH          SCOTT              KS   MESONET

            MESONET STATION K5SCT 1 ESE SCOTT STATE
            LAKE.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W BLOOM               37.49N 99.96W
04/23/2022  M62 MPH          FORD               KS   MESONET

            MESONET STATION DW9907 BLOOM.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
142 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE HAYNE              37.15N 100.75W
04/22/2022  M65 MPH          SEWARD             KS   MESONET

            MESONET STATION UR350 4.4 NE HAYNE (UPR).

&&

RML

Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
200 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0154 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 NW PIERCEVILLE        37.92N 100.72W
04/23/2022  M69 MPH          FINNEY             KS   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.

&&

RML

Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:01 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
201 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ENE DODGE CITY        37.77N 99.97W
04/23/2022  M59 MPH          FORD               KS   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL
            AIRPORT.

&&

RML

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	40 min
Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	34 min
Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	46 min
Apr 22, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Seward, Stevens	26 min
Apr 22, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	51 min
Apr 22, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	34 min
Apr 22, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	53 min
Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	56 min
Apr 22, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	48 min
Apr 22, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	16 min
Apr 22, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	25 min
Apr 22, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton	56 min
Apr 23, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton	60 min
Apr 23, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	66 min
Apr 23, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott	61 min
Apr 23, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Stanton and 1 more	57 min
Apr 23, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	53 min
Apr 23, 1:55 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	19 hr
Apr 23, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	65 min
Apr 23, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Trego	62 min
Apr 23, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade and 1 more	78 min
Apr 23, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	76 min
Apr 23, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	70 min
Apr 23, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	68 min
Apr 23, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	35 min
Apr 23, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt	78 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.