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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2024, 12:51 AM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 18, 2024, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2024, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dodge City, KS | 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
113
WUUS53 KDDC 180551
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-083-180630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0310.240918T0551Z-240918T0630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1251 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 1250 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Howell,
moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Howell around 1255 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 10030 3790 10038 3815 9993 3795 9976
3774 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 241DEG 42KT 3779 10024
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
251
WWUS53 KDDC 180602
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
102 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
KSC057-069-083-180630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240918T0630Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Gray KS-
102 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND EAST CENTRAL GRAY
COUNTIES...
At 101 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Dodge City, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Dodge City around 105 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3771 10021 3789 10028 3815 9993 3795 9976
3774 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 251DEG 41KT 3780 10007
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FINCH766
WWUS53 KDDC 180610
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
110 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
KSC069-180619-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240918T0630Z/
Gray KS-
110 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 10006 3790 10011 3809 9992 3795 9976
3776 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 244DEG 45KT 3785 9995
$$
KSC057-083-180630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240918T0630Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
110 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 109 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wright, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Ford and south central Hodgeman Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 10006 3790 10011 3809 9992 3795 9976
3776 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 244DEG 45KT 3785 9995
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Seward | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Meade | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Meade, Ness, Trego | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 37 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.