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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 6:06 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 14, 2012, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 9 Nne Big Bow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WUUS53 KDDC 142306 SVRDDC KSC067-142330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0126.120614T2306Z-120614T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 606 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ULYSSES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ULYSSES... HICKOK... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRANT 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 3773 10113 3742 10122 3742 10152 3774 10153 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 205DEG 9KT 3758 10139 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
436 WWUS53 KDDC 142317 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 617 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC067-142330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-120614T2330Z/ GRANT KS- 617 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ULYSSES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ULYSSES... HICKOK... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3774 10153 3773 10113 3750 10123 3754 10153 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 205DEG 9KT 3760 10138 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
344 WWUS53 KDDC 142334 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 634 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC067-142344- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-120614T2330Z/ GRANT KS- 634 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3774 10153 3773 10113 3750 10123 3754 10153 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 205DEG 9KT 3760 10138 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 55 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.