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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.

365 
WUUS53 KDDC 150021
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-081-119-150100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0133.120615T0021Z-120615T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
  MPH WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COPELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TICE...
  COPELAND...
  MONTEZUMA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHERN
  FINNEY AND SOUTHERN 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 3775 10023 3740 10024 3739 10104 3774 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 248DEG 13KT 3763 10069
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

KRUSE
1 follow-up statement
479 
WWUS53 KDDC 150058
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-081-119-150109-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
758 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
FINNEY...SOUTHERN GRAY...HASKELL AND NORTHWESTERN MEADE 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 3775 10023 3740 10024 3739 10104 3775 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 248DEG 13KT 3768 10053

$$

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, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness56 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.