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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 30, 2012Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 30, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 5:30 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 Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 4:59 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Se Beeler, 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 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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: 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.

672 
WUUS53 KDDC 302134
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-302230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0103.120530T2134Z-120530T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 432 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 9 MILES SOUTH OF BEELER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS 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 3849 9971 3825 9969 3822 10018 3835 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 265DEG 14KT 3830 10013
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

872 
WWUS53 KDDC 302200
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-302230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120530T2230Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
500 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 455 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 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEELER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS 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 3823 10012 3836 10013 3849 9971 3825 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 265DEG 14KT 3831 10005
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

677 
WWUS53 KDDC 302227
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-302237-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120530T2230Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
527 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN AND
SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3823 10012 3836 10013 3849 9971 3825 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 265DEG 14KT 3832 9992

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	62 min
May 30, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	56 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	64 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	23 min
May 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	63 min
May 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	55 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	58 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	65 min
May 30, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	58 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	67 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	28 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	59 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	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.