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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2012Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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: May 29, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
May 29, 6:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	13 Sw Ashland, 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
May 29, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 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.

795 
WUUS53 KDDC 292254
SVRDDC
KSC025-292345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0100.120529T2254Z-120529T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ACRES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ENGLEWOOD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK 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 3706 10005 3712 10000 3705 9961 3700 9958
      3699 10004 3700 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 298DEG 17KT 3707 9989
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

3 follow-up statements

946 
WWUS53 KDDC 292306
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
606 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-292345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/
CLARK KS-
606 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF ACRES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ENGLEWOOD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK 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 3706 10005 3709 10000 3705 9961 3700 9958
      3699 10004 3700 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 307DEG 17KT 3702 9987
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

143 
WWUS53 KDDC 292324
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
624 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-292345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/
CLARK KS-
624 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK 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 3700 9997 3704 9997 3707 9993 3703 9963
      3700 9958 3699 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 328DEG 17KT 3693 9983
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

289 
WWUS53 KDDC 292329
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-292339-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-120529T2345Z/
CLARK KS-
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3700 9997 3704 9997 3707 9993 3703 9963
      3700 9958 3699 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 328DEG 17KT 3691 9981

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	56 min
May 29, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	64 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	56 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	41 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	47 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.