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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 30, 2012Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 8 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
May 30, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
May 30, 4:00 PM CDTHAIL 25 S Munjor, KS
May 30, 4:18 PM CDTHAIL 25 N Antonino, KS
May 30, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Nnw Hays, KS
May 30, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 2.75N Hays, KS
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 W Hays, KS
May 30, 4:39 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Ne Pfeifer, KS
May 30, 4:42 PM CDTHAIL 2.55 Ne Pfeifer, KS
May 30, 4:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Ne Pfeifer, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.9

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The text

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

604 
WUUS53 KDDC 302049
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-302145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.120530T2049Z-120530T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR LIEBENTHAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIEBENTHAL...
  MUNJOR...
  LORETTA...
  PFEIFER...
  CATHARINE...
  VICTORIA...
  EMMERAM...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH 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 3909 9904 3906 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902
      3861 9903 3859 9937 3883 9955 3895 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 256DEG 15KT 3866 9925
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
947 
WWUS53 KDDC 302120
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
420 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC051-165-302145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120530T2145Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ELLIS
AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 418 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR HAYS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNJOR...
  CATHARINE...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH 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 3864 9916 3879 9942 3893 9942 3909 9904
      3906 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3861 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 273DEG 15KT 3884 9930
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
719 
WWUS53 KDDC 302131
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
431 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC051-165-302145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120530T2145Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
431 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 428 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILES WEST OF HAYS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR TOULON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNJOR...
  TOULON...
  CATHARINE...
  VICTORIA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS
  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 3864 9916 3877 9935 3893 9935 3909 9904
      3906 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3861 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 263DEG 17KT 3884 9926
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis62 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush64 min
May 30, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness56 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush23 min
May 30, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis63 min
May 30, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush55 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush58 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness65 min
May 30, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott58 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush67 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego28 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman59 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush63 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.