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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2012Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:04 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 15 Sw Dighton, KS
Jun 14, 7:18 PM CDTTORNADO4 Ssw Beeler, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2789 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
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.

193 
WUUS53 KDDC 150004
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-150100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0131.120615T0004Z-120615T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR DIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DIGHTON...
  PENDENNIS...
  ALAMOTA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND WESTERN NESS 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 3869 10020 3828 10023 3834 10064 3860 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 287DEG 16KT 3849 10042
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

KRUSE
1 follow-up statement
098 
WWUS53 KDDC 150054
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-150104-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-
754 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3869 10020 3828 10023 3834 10064 3860 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 287DEG 16KT 3842 10015

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego44 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott13 min
Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade39 min
Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess45 min
Jun 14, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane17 min
Jun 14, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more47 min
Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego45 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush55 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego33 min
Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis27 min
Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more58 min
Jun 14, 8:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane, Ness12 hr
Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade66 min
Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush50 min
Jun 14, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.