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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 12, 2022Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2022, 6:56 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 12, 2022, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2022, 7:36 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
May 12, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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: 701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -454 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

307 
WUUS53 KDDC 122356
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-130100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0060.220512T2356Z-220513T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
656 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Trego
  Center, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ellis, Wakeeney, Ogallah, Trego Center and Riga. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9941 3879 9991 3897 10000 3913 9986
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 235DEG 26KT 3888 9988 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SUGDEN

3 follow-up statements

697 
WWUS53 KDDC 130011
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
711 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSC051-195-130100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-220513T0100Z/
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
711 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ogallah, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellis, Ogallah and Riga. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9941 3881 9986 3896 9987 3913 9986
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 238DEG 22KT 3892 9978 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SUGDEN

179 
WWUS53 KDDC 130027
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
727 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSC051-195-130100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-220513T0100Z/
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
727 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 727 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Riga, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellis, Ogallah and Riga. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9941 3884 9977 3895 9978 3913 9979
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 235DEG 26KT 3899 9966 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SUGDEN

282 
WWUS53 KDDC 130036
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
736 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSC051-195-130046-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-220513T0100Z/
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
736 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3893 9941 3884 9977 3895 9978 3913 9979
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 235DEG 26KT 3903 9959 

$$

SUGDEN

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 May 12, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
448 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 1248 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

Cooler 700mb temperatures spreading east across western Kansas
earlier this afternoon as an upper level trough crosses the West
Central High Plains. Elevated showers and isolated thunderstorms
currently crossing western Kansas as of noon today related well
with the 700mb frontogenesis and 10-12C temperature gradient. This
area of precipitation will continue to move east into Central
Kansas through late day which should limit, at the very least
delay, the convection potential along an approaching cold front
from the north and a dryline that will be crossing southwest
Kansas this Thursday afternoon. Still having said it looks like
conditions will be favorable for thunderstorms to develop along
the cold front after 3 pm near and north of the I-70 corridor
given the improving 0-1km forcing along this boundary, afternoon
heating, cooling mid level temperatures and mid level lapse rates
of 8C/Km or greater. Once storms develop late today the potential
exists that some of the strongest storms will be capable of
producing hail larger than golf balls and strong gusty winds given
the 0-6km shear and downdraft cape.

The isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms that are currently
expected to occur near the i-70 corridor Thursday afternoon will
shift south early tonight as the cold front drops south towards
the Oklahoma border. Best opportunity for the strong to severe
thunderstorms early tonight appears to be east of a Hays to
Greensburg line. Further west it appears just some gusty winds and
dry conditions can be expected as temperatures fall back into the
45 to 55 degree range.

For Friday the models earlier today were in good agreement with a
cold front briefly stalling out across south central Kansas and
northwest Oklahoma during the day as another upper level
disturbance near the nose/left exit region of an upper level jet,
exits Wyoming and moves out into Nebraska/Kansas. Scattered late
day and evening thunderstorms will be possible along this boundary
but at this time the general consensus is that any convection
that does develop will occur east and south of the Medicine lodge
area.

North of this boundary on Friday an area of high pressure at the
surface will cross northern Kansas. Based on the forecast
900-850mb temperatures late day it appears that the afternoon
temperatures will climb only into the low to mid 80s.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 1248 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

On Saturday a brief warm up will be possible as westerly
downslope flow improves and the surface boundary near the Oklahoma
border Friday night lifts north as a warm front. Based on the
850mb temperature trends from 00z Saturday to 00z Sunday it
appears that the highs on Saturday will range from 85 to 90
degrees with the warmest temperatures being located near the
Oklahoma border.

On Sunday an upper level ridge will build across the western
United States as a northern branch upper level trough embedded in
the northwesterly flow, east of the upper ridge, approaches late
day. As this next system crosses the plains it will push a surface
boundary into southwest Kansas Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon
temperatures are expected to cool only a couple of degrees behind
this surface boundary compared to the highs expected on Saturday.
A few widely scattered thunderstorms will also be possible early
in the day as the upper level trough passes.

Models remain consistent with previous runs for early next week
with a warming trend occurring across southwest Kansas as the
upper level ridge builds into the Rockies, westerly downslope flow
improves and 850mb temperature warms through the teens and back
into the lower 20s. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s still look
on track from Monday through Wednesday.

Precipitation chances also appear to improve around the middle of
next week as another upper level trough approaches from the west
and a cold front drops south out of Nebraska and into southwest
Kansas.

The warmest temperatures of next week will occur late week given
the latest ensemble clusters and potential for 850mb temperatures
being +30C.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 447 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

Thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of a dryline edging
east across central Kansas this evening, potentially affecting
KHYS. Otherwise, primarily VFR conditions will prevail in
vicinity of all TAF sites through early Friday. Northerly winds
around 10 to 20kt will develop west to east tonight as a cold
front pushes through western Kansas by early Friday morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  53  83  52  87 /  10   0   0  10
GCK  51  82  49  86 /  10   0   0   0
EHA  48  83  50  88 /   0   0   0   0
LBL  52  84  51  88 /  10   0   0   0
HYS  52  81  50  84 /  60   0   0  10
P28  61  87  56  89 /  20  10   0  10

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Red Flag Warning until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening for
KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086.

&&

SHORT TERM...Burgert
LONG TERM...Burgert
AVIATION...JJohnson

Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:09 AM CDT, 13 hours 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
509 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-131015-
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-
509 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022 /409 AM MDT Thu May 12 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

Thunderstorms are possible beginning after 4 pm north of a Garden
City to Dodge City line, with the best opportunity for 2 inch hail
and 70 mph winds north of Kansas highway 96.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Isolated thunderstorms are possible on most afternoons with
little confidence in organized severe weather. Elevated Fire
weather risk persists through the period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed north of Highway 96 between 4
and 7 pm.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
241 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSZ030-031-045-046-122045-
Rush KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
241 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Ness, eastern
Trego, Rush and Ellis Counties through 345 PM CDT...

At 241 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Ogallah to near Bazine.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Alexander around 300 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Nekoma, Rush
Center, La Crosse, Bison, Timken, Otis and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3839 9903 3836 10000 3913 9977 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 264DEG 30KT 3906 9965 3840 9973

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SUGDEN

Local storm report, May 12, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
339 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2022

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

0321 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NW EMMERAM            39.02N 99.19W
05/12/2022  E60 MPH          ELLIS              KS   PUBLIC

&&

Special weather statement, May 12, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
345 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSZ031-046-122115-
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
345 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Rush and
eastern Ellis Counties through 415 PM CDT...

At 345 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Natoma to near Rush
Center. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Bison around 355 PM CDT.
  Shaffer around 405 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Otis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3839 9903 3837 9931 3913 9919 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 258DEG 28KT 3911 9908 3840 9926

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SUGDEN

Special weather statement, May 12, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
508 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSZ030-044-045-122315-
Trego KS-Lane KS-Ness KS-
508 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Ness,
western Trego and northern Lane Counties through 615 PM CDT...

At 508 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Shields, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Shields around 515 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Pendennis, Utica
and Arnold.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3911 10010 3852 9995 3852 10059 3870 10063
      3870 10015 3908 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 266DEG 23KT 3864 10051

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

SUGDEN

Local storm report, May 12, 6:32 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2022

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

0626 PM     HAIL             1 SSE WAKEENEY          39.01N 99.87W
05/12/2022  E1.00 INCH       TREGO              KS   PUBLIC

&&

Special weather statement, May 12, 6:47 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
647 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

KSZ030-031-130045-
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
647 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Trego and
northwestern Ellis Counties through 745 PM CDT...

At 646 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Trego Center, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Ellis, Wakeeney, Ogallah, Trego Center and Riga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central and west central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3897 9943 3872 9996 3888 10009 3913 9989
      3913 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 236DEG 29KT 3881 9995

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	62 min
May 12, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	40 min
May 12, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	64 min
May 12, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	26 min
May 12, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	30 min
May 12, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gove	67 min
May 12, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	64 min
May 12, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	22 min
May 12, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	58 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.