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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| 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, 11.6 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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 24 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, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 55 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.