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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 12, 2011Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT for Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 9 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, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 4:46 PM CDTHAIL 2.51 Sse Ash Valley, KS
Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 S Kinsley, KS
Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 S Kinsley, KS
Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.51 S Kinsley, KS
Aug 12, 5:03 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKinsley, KSLARGE LIMBS DOWN OVER 183 IN KINSLEY
Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Centerview, KS1 INCH LIVE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Aug 12, 5:29 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Nne Centerview, KSQUARTER SIZE HAIL AS WELL MIXED IN WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL
Aug 12, 5:29 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nne Centerview, KS
Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Trousdale, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2073 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

517 
WUUS53 KDDC 122142
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-145-122230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0233.110812T2142Z-110812T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
442 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINSLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OFFERLE...
  KINSLEY...
  LARNED...
  LEWIS...
  ZOOK...
  BELPRE...
  FELLSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...EDWARDS AND PAWNEE
  COUNTIES.

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 3774 9902 3773 9955 3807 9958 3834 9908
      3816 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 306DEG 29KT 3804 9947
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
308 
WWUS53 KDDC 122158
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
458 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

KSC083-122207-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-110812T2230Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
458 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HODGEMAN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3774 9902 3773 9954 3788 9957 3808 9957
      3834 9908 3816 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 313DEG 30KT 3790 9952

$$

KSC047-145-122230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-110812T2230Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
458 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDWARDS AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OFFERLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 4:46 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE 
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ASH VALLEY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OFFERLE...
  KINSLEY...
  KINSLEY...
  LEWIS...
  ZOOK...
  CENTERVIEW...
  FELLSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.

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 3774 9902 3773 9954 3788 9957 3808 9957
      3834 9908 3816 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 313DEG 30KT 3790 9952
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton38 min
Aug 12, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 min
Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee49 min
Aug 12, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman47 min
Aug 12, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman67 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa53 min
Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche57 min
Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt46 min
Aug 12, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa37 min
Aug 12, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt63 min

Nearby

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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.