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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2012Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

618 
WUUS53 KDDC 012221
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-012300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0121.120601T2221Z-120601T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK
  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 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 276DEG 23KT 3701 10042
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
114 
WWUS53 KDDC 012230
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

KSC025-119-012300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120601T2300Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 520 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF 
MEADE STATE PARK BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK
  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 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 276DEG 23KT 3700 10036
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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283 
WWUS53 KDDC 012256
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
556 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

KSC025-119-012305-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120601T2300Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
556 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND
SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE 
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER.

LAT...LON 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 276DEG 23KT 3698 10015

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade47 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.