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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2024, 12:02 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2024, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2024, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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 15, 10:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 2:33 AM CDT, 21 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 233 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-160745- 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- 233 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 /133 AM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Monday. Strong south winds are expected, gusting 40-50 mph. Areas of blowing dust are expected. Scattered thunderstorms are expected Monday evening and Monday night. Some storms are expected to be severe, producing large hail and damaging winds. Some tornadoes are possible east of US 283 after 7 pm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Saturday. Intense northwest winds are expected Tuesday, with gusts of 50-60 mph, strongest on the higher terrain of the western counties, along and west of US 83. Areas of blowing dust are expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected to be required after 7 pm Monday through Monday night. Turner
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
948 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
KSZ064-077-078-160315-
Gray KS-Hodgeman KS-Ford KS-
948 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN AND EASTERN GRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM CDT...
At 948 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near The Haggard Elev, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Howell around 1000 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3759 10042 3800 10025 3800 10023 3806 10023
3810 10021 3797 9983 3751 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 205DEG 44KT 3762 10029
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERSpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1013 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
KSZ045-046-064-065-078-160400-
Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Ness KS-Ford KS-
1013 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FORD...
SOUTHEASTERN NESS...HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSH COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...
At 1013 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Dodge City, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Jetmore around 1025 PM CDT.
Hanston around 1030 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for south central,
central, southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9931 3809 9954 3809 9957 3806 9957
3776 9996 3789 10016 3848 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 218DEG 49KT 3789 9999
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERSpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1155 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
KSZ030-044-045-063-064-077-160545-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-Trego KS-Lane KS-Ness KS-
1155 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NESS...
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHERN TREGO...EASTERN LANE AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...
At 1155 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Pendennis to near
Kalvesta. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Utica, Beeler, and Kalvesta around 1200 AM CDT.
Arnold around 1210 AM CDT.
Ransom around 1215 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Ness City and
Brownell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 9967 3805 9975 3794 10041 3866 10035
3870 10016 3871 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 245DEG 36KT 3857 10026 3805 10032
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 35 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.