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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2012Finney County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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
Jun 14, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Garden City, KSSIX TO SEVEN POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS REPORTED BLOWN DOWN AROUND TOWN.
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDTHAIL 1N Garden City, KS
Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Garden City, KSTWO SEMI TRAILER TRUCKS WERE ROLLED.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGarden City, KSAN EMPTY TRUCK TRAILOR WAS BLOWN OVER JUST WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON 5TH STREET.
Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 652 N Garden City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.

931 
WUUS53 KDDC 142350
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-150045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0129.120614T2350Z-120615T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 647 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
  HOLCOMB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLCOMB...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  CHARLESTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY 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 3824 10049 3775 10049 3775 10108 3824 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 240DEG 11KT 3795 10094
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
452 
WWUS53 KDDC 150020
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-150045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
720 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FINNEY
AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 715 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 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRIEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARDEN CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY
  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 3784 10050 3790 10094 3824 10094 3824 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 240DEG 11KT 3814 10070
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
061 
WWUS53 KDDC 150053
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-150103-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
753 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3784 10050 3790 10094 3824 10094 3824 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 240DEG 11KT 3815 10069

$$

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, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens57 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.