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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
324
WWUS53 KDDC 020041
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
741 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
KSC195-020100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240502T0100Z/
Trego KS-
741 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY...
At 740 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Collyer, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Collyer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3908 10012 3885 9996 3882 10015 3907 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 240DEG 15KT 3894 10015
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER629 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 39 min |
| May 1, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 36 min |
| May 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 24 min |
| May 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| May 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 24 min |
| May 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 40 min |
| May 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 40 min |
| May 2, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 66 min |
| May 2, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 62 min |
| May 2, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| May 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 57 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.