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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 1, 2024Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 1, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
May 1, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2345 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted.

605 
WUUS53 KDDC 020015
SVRDDC
KSC195-020100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.240502T0015Z-240502T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
715 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 715 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
  Quinter, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Trego County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3908 10012 3885 9996 3882 10015 3907 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 240DEG 15KT 3889 10027 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
324 
WWUS53 KDDC 020041
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
741 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

KSC195-020100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240502T0100Z/
Trego KS-
741 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...

At 740 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Collyer, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Collyer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Kansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3908 10012 3885 9996 3882 10015 3907 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 240DEG 15KT 3894 10015 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
629 
WWUS53 KDDC 020050
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
750 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

KSC195-020100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240502T0100Z/
Trego KS-
750 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3908 10012 3885 9996 3882 10015 3907 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 240DEG 15KT 3895 10012 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCTrego39 min
May 1, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCLane, Ness, Trego41 min
May 1, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCTrego48 min
May 1, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness36 min
May 1, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCLane, Ness, Trego47 min
May 1, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego50 min
May 1, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego24 min
May 1, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCNess, Trego47 min
May 1, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego29 min
May 1, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
May 1, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego47 min
May 1, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego24 min
May 1, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego40 min
May 1, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott40 min
May 2, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis66 min
May 2, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane62 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis26 min
May 2, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
May 2, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Trego46 min
May 2, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Rush57 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.