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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 2012Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 8:23 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
Apr 2, 2012, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2012, 8:57 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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
Apr 2, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 Ssw Hanston, KS
Apr 2, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 14 Sw Hanston, KS
Apr 2, 8:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Hanston, KS
Apr 2, 8:40 PM CDTHAIL 15 Wsw Gray, 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
Apr 2, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1701 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

832 
WUUS53 KDDC 030123
SVRDDC
KSC083-030215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0010.120403T0123Z-120403T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
823 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3826 10009 3826 9964 3804 9960 3797 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 149DEG 23KT 3812 9976
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
654 
WWUS53 KDDC 030147
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
847 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSC083-030215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120403T0215Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
847 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3826 10009 3826 9964 3804 9960 3797 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 150DEG 15KT 3817 9981
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
651 
WWUS53 KDDC 030157
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
857 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSC083-030207-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120403T0215Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
857 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3826 10009 3826 9964 3804 9960 3797 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 150DEG 15KT 3821 9984

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess45 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Seward49 min
Apr 2, 8:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush10 hr
Apr 2, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens44 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade48 min
Apr 2, 11:50 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 4 more3 hr
Apr 3, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.