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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 12, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 S Jetmore, KS | |
| Aug 12, 4:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S Jetmore, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2073 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WUUS53 KDDC 122042 SVRDDC KSC083-122130- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0229.110812T2042Z-110812T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 342 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JETMORE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3804 9958 3792 10015 3812 10018 3823 9994 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 312DEG 21KT 3811 9999 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
851
WWUS53 KDDC 122103
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
403 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
KSC083-122130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110812T2130Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
403 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
HODGEMAN COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JETMORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JETMORE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3807 10014 3819 9987 3818 9984 3802 9966
3792 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 310DEG 23KT 3805 9990
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 63 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.