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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2012Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Nne Voda, KS
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Wakeeney, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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The text

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

128 
WUUS53 KDDC 150001
SVRDDC
KSC195-150045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0130.120615T0001Z-120615T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WAKEENEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEENEY...
  OGALLAH...
  RIGA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO 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 3889 9961 3888 10014 3912 10014 3914 9971
      3914 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 242DEG 11KT 3903 9987
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

513 
WWUS53 KDDC 150017
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-150045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
TREGO KS-
717 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TREGO
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WAKEENEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEENEY...
  OGALLAH...
  RIGA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO 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 3889 9961 3888 10014 3912 10014 3914 9971
      3914 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 242DEG 11KT 3905 9981
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JJOHNSON

726 
WWUS53 KDDC 150051
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-150101-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
TREGO KS-
751 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3889 9961 3888 10014 3912 10014 3914 9971
      3914 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 242DEG 11KT 3905 9981

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	56 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	13 min
Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade	39 min
Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	45 min
Jun 14, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	17 min
Jun 14, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more	47 min
Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	45 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	55 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	33 min
Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	27 min
Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more	58 min
Jun 14, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	12 hr
Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	66 min
Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	50 min
Jun 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	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.