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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 12, 2011Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 6:08 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 12, 2011, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

County Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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
Aug 12, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	3 N Belvidere, KS	HOMEOWNER LOST A FEW WOOD SHINGLES ON HOME FROM THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

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The text

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

443 
WUUS53 KDDC 122308
SVRDDC
KSC097-122345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0237.110812T2308Z-110812T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
608 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
  INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WILMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELVIDERE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR KIOWA 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 3753 9949 3753 9902 3749 9901 3739 9902
      3738 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 292DEG 33KT 3745 9925
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 2.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

203 
WWUS53 KDDC 122336
SVSDDC

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

KSC097-122346-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110812T2345Z/
KIOWA KS-
636 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3753 9949 3753 9902 3749 9901 3739 9902
      3738 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 276DEG 30KT 3740 9919

$$

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The 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, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	48 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, 6:27 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.