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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 7:08 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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
- May 9, 2023, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Lewis, KS | THIS REPORT WAS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 9, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Macksville, KS | ACCUMULATING HAIL. DIMES TO QUARTERS. |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 918 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
541 WUUS53 KDDC 100008 SVRDDC KSC047-145-185-100100- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0034.230510T0008Z-230510T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 708 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas... West central Stafford County in south central Kansas... Central Edwards County in south central Kansas... * Until 800 PM CDT. * At 708 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lewis, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Garfield around 720 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Belpre, Zook and Macksville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3786 9941 3802 9943 3818 9908 3796 9894 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 255DEG 20KT 3799 9931 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ AJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
183 WWUS53 KDDC 100020 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 720 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 KSC047-145-185-100100- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-230510T0100Z/ Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-Edwards KS- 720 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...WEST CENTRAL STAFFORD AND EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTIES... At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Garfield, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Belpre, Zook and Macksville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3789 9933 3802 9933 3818 9908 3796 9894 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 255DEG 20KT 3801 9923 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ AJOHNSON
157 WWUS53 KDDC 100050 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 750 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 KSC047-145-185-100100- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-230510T0100Z/ Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-Edwards KS- 750 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...WEST CENTRAL STAFFORD AND EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTIES... At 750 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Macksville, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Macksville, Belpre and Zook. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3792 9916 3805 9916 3809 9902 3796 9894 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 258DEG 18KT 3798 9901 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ AJOHNSON
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 9, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 447 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 ...Updated Aviation... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 115 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 The main concern in the short term is storm chances this evening along an outflow boundary from rain cooled air. This boundary is still sagging southward and should stall from Hodgeman County into Pratt County and set the stage for a few severe storms. Initiation is also possible along the dry line west of Dodge City. Large hail is possible with these storms. A deep upper level trough will approach the high plains Wednesday night. Thunderstorms will push into far western Kansas late Wednesday night into early Thursday. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 115 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 As the upper low continues to move east, thunderstorms will continue to develop Thursday morning and these will likely be severe with large hail.Given the shear profile veering from southeast at the surface to southerly and even south- southeasterly at 500mb, any tornadoes would likely be moving northward instead of the traditional northeastward movement. In the afternoon, the upper level cold pool will be in place and overspread the moist layer, leading to another round of thunderstorms, some severe and possibly tornadic. The corridor most favored for severe storms in the early afternoon runs from Meade County northwestward to Kearny, Finney and Scott Counties. After Thursday, it appears a weak upper low is still advertised to move northward out of the tropics across the southern high plains, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms. These should be mostly sub-severe to marginally severe given the lack of vertical shear in a tropical environment. How far north this precipitation gets is still in question as most of the models and their ensembles keep the heaviest rain to the south and west. But there is some potential for heavy rain across western Kansas Saturday night into Sunday. Temperatures will generally stay warm through the period; but if rain materializes during the day Sunday, then afternoon readings could be only be in the 60s to mid 70s. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 447 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 Radar imagery at 2140z depicted an intense supercell thunderstorm near Larned, an outflow boundary westward to near Scott City, and a dryline between DDC/GCK. Additional isolated convection is expected this evening on these boundaries, but coverage will be isolated, and as such kept the TAFs dry. Outside of convection, elevated southeast winds will continue through 12z Wed. Included LLWS in all TAFs after 06z Wed with a strong low level jet expected. Consensus of short term models suggests IFR stratus at HYS after 09z Wed, and this trend was accepted in the TAFs. VFR is expected to prevail elsewhere through Wednesday. 18z NAM and 12z ARW both indicate the next round of scattered convection near GCK/LBL after 21z Wed, and included VCTS/CB near the end of those TAF periods. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 61 85 59 83 / 20 20 30 50 GCK 60 86 58 80 / 10 50 40 30 EHA 59 85 55 83 / 10 60 60 10 LBL 61 87 57 84 / 10 40 40 20 HYS 60 82 59 78 / 40 20 40 70 P28 62 85 61 80 / 40 20 30 70 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Finch LONG TERM...Finch AVIATION...Turner
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:33 AM CDT, 17 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 133 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101200- 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- 133 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023 /1233 AM MDT Tue May 9 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening. Severe thunderstorms, should they develop, will be possible. Very large hail (2 to 3 inches) and damaging winds are the main threats. There is also a very small but non zero threat for an isolated tornado. The best area for severe thunderstorms today and tonight should be mainly east of Highway 283. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered thunderstorms will continue across southwest Kansas Wednesday and Thursday. A few of these thunderstorms may be severe. At this time it appears that the main threats are very large hail and damaging winds. A slightly more robust threat may exist Thursday with tornadoes possible as well. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0551 PM HAIL 5 N SAINT JOHN 38.08N 98.76W
05/09/2023 E2.00 INCH STAFFORD KS PUBLIC
&&
MRSpecial weather statement, May 9, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
604 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023
KSZ065-092345-
Pawnee KS-
604 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Pawnee
County through 645 PM CDT...
At 604 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Frizell, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Larned around 615 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 9893 3811 9931 3827 9925 3830 9903
3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 270DEG 25KT 3818 9919
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
AJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
606 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM HAIL LA CROSSE 38.54N 99.31W
05/09/2023 E0.88 INCH RUSH KS PUBLIC
PEAS AND A FEW LARGER REPORTED THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
MRLocal storm report, May 9, 6:11 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
611 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 PM HAIL SAINT JOHN 38.00N 98.76W
05/09/2023 E1.75 INCH STAFFORD KS PUBLIC
REPORTED THOUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
MRLocal storm report, May 9, 6:13 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM HAIL SAINT JOHN 38.00N 98.76W
05/09/2023 E1.00 INCH STAFFORD KS PUBLIC
REPORTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
MRSpecial weather statement, May 9, 6:30 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 630 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 KSZ045-046-064-065-100015- Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Ness KS- 630 PM CDT Tue May 9 2023 ...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Ness, northeastern Hodgeman, northwestern Pawnee and southwestern Rush Counties through 715 PM CDT... At 630 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Burdett, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Nekoma. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3814 9953 3825 9969 3852 9943 3837 9915 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 226DEG 17KT 3829 9951 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH AJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 65 min |
| May 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 29 min |
| May 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 24 min |
| May 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 36 min |
| May 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 24 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 2 hr |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 48 min |
| May 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 27 min |
| May 9, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 48 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 17 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 27 min |
| May 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 25 min |
| May 9, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 25 min |
| May 9, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 27 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.