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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2012Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 14, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 14, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

941 
WUUS53 KDDC 142333
SVRDDC
KSC189-150030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0128.120614T2333Z-120615T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 628 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
  HUGOTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUGOTON...
  WOODS...
  MOSCOW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF STEVENS 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 3738 10108 3701 10108 3700 10151 3737 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 224DEG 9KT 3717 10130
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
085 
WWUS53 KDDC 142356
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
656 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

KSC189-150030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120615T0030Z/
STEVENS KS-
656 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STEVENS COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 651 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 5
MILES EAST OF HUGOTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUGOTON...
  WOODS...
  MOSCOW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF STEVENS 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 3738 10108 3701 10108 3700 10151 3737 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 224DEG 9KT 3721 10125
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
293 
WWUS53 KDDC 150034
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

KSC189-150044-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120615T0030Z/
STEVENS KS-
734 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3738 10108 3701 10108 3700 10151 3737 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 224DEG 9KT 3721 10125

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton31 min
Jun 14, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant24 min
Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Trego44 min
Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego59 min
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray55 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.