Thunderstorms developed along an old outflow boundary during the afternoon hours. Surface moisture surged back northwest and fed into increasingly strong storms.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along an old outflow boundary during the afternoon hours. Surface moisture surged back northwest and fed into increasingly strong storms.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 9, 12:44 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 144 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES, SEVERITY, TIMING, PLACEMENT ALL CHALLENGES IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AROUND DAYBREAK ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH HAD MOVED FAIRLY RAPIDLY EAST INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS BY MIDDAY. THIS MCS HAS SENT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. INDICATIONS ARE THIS FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO SLOW ITS PUSH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND STALL OUT FROM NEAR LAKIN TO GARDEN CITY TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. SURFACE WESTERLY MOMENTUM HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS TX-OK PANHANDLE...HOWEVER DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S HAD REMAINED AS FAR WEST AS HUGOTON TO GUYMON PER 17Z OBS. FEEL THAT DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT EAST, HOWEVER, WITH A DRYLINE/FRONT INTERSECTION SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...PERHAPS AS FAR WEST AS A KDDC TO ASHLAND LINE BY 22Z...OR THE EXPECTED TIME OF SURFACE-BASED CONVECTIVE INITIATION. ALONG THE DRYLINE/FRONT INTERSECTION...SURFACE-BASED CAPE WILL EXCEED 3500 J/KG TO GO ALONG WITH EXCELLENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR. STORMS THAT FORM ALONG THE EAST-WEST ORIENTED TO THE EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR TORNADOES...WITH THAT GREATEST THREAT BEING ALONG AND EAST OF A NESS CITY TO BUCKLIN LINE. OTHER ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BACK WEST ALONG THE FRONT INTO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF DDC FA. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF SBCAPE TO WORK WITH...ON THE ORDER OF 1500 TO 2500 J/KG...WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALSO EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL PROBABLY NOT LINGER LONG AFTER SUNSET...WHEREAS DRYLINE/FRONT INTERSECTION STORMS WILL PROBABLY EVOLVE INTO AN MCS MOVING DEEPER INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WEDNESDAY...AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL ENERGY LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CONUS...MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS WELL AS IN THE POST FRONTAL UPSLOPE REGION ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. BY LATE AFTERNOON... THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT VERY NEAR THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER WITH RENEWED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS FRONT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE POST-FRONTAL REGION ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS GIVEN THE MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE OVERHEAD WITH FAIRLY DECENT FRONTOGENETIC FORCING. AS SUCH...WILL BE GOING WITH 40-50 POPS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. AN ORGANIZED MCS WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING ALONG THE FRONT AND/OR FROM CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO IN THE FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE. WILL ALSO BE CARRYING 40-50 POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY...AS THIS SYSTEM EJECTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THE FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH TOWARD THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND TX PANHANDLE...HOWEVER YET ANOTHER PERTURBATION IN THE PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL APPROACH THE HIGH PLAINS. CONVECTION WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO ONCE AGAIN IN UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW...HOWEVER ANY IMPACTS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE THURSDAY NIGHT PERIOD ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN DDC FA. -UMSCHEID DAYS 3-7... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT INDICATING A GENERAL WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN CONUS. A SERIES OF H5 VORT MAXES WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING INTACT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS WELL AS A DRYLINE OSCILLATING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AS A RESULT, THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS NEARLY EACH DAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POPS IN EACH DAY DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MORE FINITE DETAILS AND THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY DEVELOPING STORMS. HOWEVER, THE TENDENCY WILL BE TO HAVE THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS IN OUR NORTH AND EAST WHERE THE AVAILABILITY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER. A GENERAL WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW GENERALLY PREVAILS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. FOR FRIDAY, THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW TEMPERATURES AT H85 RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS(C) ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO THE MID 20S(C) SOUTHWEST. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S(F) CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB TO JUST ABOVE SEASONAL LEVELS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. PLAN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING BEFORE STALLING IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF KGCK TO KDDC. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. MVFR/IFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EARLY THIS EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL DECK OF STRATUS IS SLOW TO ERODE NORTHWARD. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY DEVELOPING CONVECTION...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF KLBL. THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL THEN RETURN SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. MVFR/VFR CIGS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES BACK SOUTH INTO THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 59 80 56 77 / 30 40 50 10 GCK 56 79 54 77 / 40 40 40 20 EHA 58 81 54 78 / 40 40 40 20 LBL 59 81 55 78 / 40 40 50 10 HYS 56 75 55 74 / 30 40 40 10 P28 65 82 61 77 / 30 30 50 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN25/32/31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 441 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSZ043-061>063-074>078-084>088-101000- SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 441 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 /341 AM MDT TUE JUN 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. THE MAIN TIME FRAME FOR ANY POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 4 PM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL COME THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW HAIL STORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION AFTER 4 PM TODAY. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ031-046-101000- ELLIS-RUSH- 441 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING, A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. AS THE AFTERNOON HEATS UP, THERE WILL BE INCREASING CHANCES OF SEVERE STORMS, MAINLY AFTER 4 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WILL ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THESE STORMS. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL COME THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW HAIL STORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM CDT TODAY. PLEASE PASS ALL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER, WHO WILL RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ030-044-045-064>066-079>081-089-090-101000- TREGO-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- COMANCHE-BARBER- 441 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR STORMS, SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL COME THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW HAIL STORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM CDT TODAY. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 12
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
19 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a mobile home and a couple of power poles were blown over.
A very well trained spotter estimated the winds were 60 mph.
Numerous 4 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
A large tree was split in half and a horse trailer was overturned at the Dodge City rodeo grounds. Also another large tree was blown over onto a house.
Half dollar sized hail was reported at the intersection of Military and Avenue B in Dodge City.
A window was broken in Dodge City at 1st street and Elm street.
A trained observer reported winds were estimated to be 60 to 65 mph.
There were numerous hail stones the size of golf balls with a few 2 stones reported at the airport and National Weather Service office. There was severe damage to vehicles in the parking lot.
A male on a motorcycle was injured by the large hail and was completely bruised. He said he would have been killed without having a helmet.
A six inch diameter tree branch was broken.
Golf ball sized hail was also reported with the high wind.
A tree was blown down blocking traffic on Road 121 just north of Saddle Road.
Considerable but unspecified damage was done to buildings and crops.
This brief tornado moved over pasture grass and was witnessed by several storm chasers and spotters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2009Warnings in Kansas, June 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 184457, 184447, 184432, 184433, 184451, 184453, 184461, 184437, 184458, 184435, 184434, 184438, 184442, 184460, 184439, 184441, 184444, 184440, 184446, 184448, 184443, 184445, 184459, 184449, 184454, 184455, 184430, 184456.