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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 30, 2012Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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: May 30, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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
May 30, 5:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	11 Sw Ness City, KS
May 30, 6:03 PM CDT	HAIL 2	12 Ssw Ness City, KS
May 30, 6:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 N Jetmore, KS
May 30, 6:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 N Jetmore, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

249 
WUUS53 KDDC 302255
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-310000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0108.120530T2255Z-120531T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 552 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 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 3839 9960 3814 9960 3820 10008 3837 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 275DEG 14KT 3829 9998
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

315 
WWUS53 KDDC 302313
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-310000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-120531T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
613 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 603 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER 13 MILES SOUTH 
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF 
NESS CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 3820 9999 3834 9998 3839 9960 3814 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 276DEG 13KT 3827 9992
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

183 
WWUS53 KDDC 302354
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-310004-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-120531T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
654 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3820 9999 3834 9998 3839 9960 3814 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 287DEG 20KT 3819 9979

$$

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, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	56 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, 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.