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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546
WUUS53 KDDC 150043
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-081-083-101-135-150130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0135.120615T0043Z-120615T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
743 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BEELER TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALVESTA TO
12 MILES NORTH OF COPELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...
INGALLS...
CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...
HOWELL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY...GRAY...NORTHEASTERN
HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS
AND WESTERN HODGEMAN 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 3827 9977 3781 10001 3748 10029 3764 10086
3795 10051 3827 10041 3827 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 270DEG 17KT 3827 10020 3796 10031
3770 10066
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 150112
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
812 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC055-081-150122-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-120615T0130Z/
HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-
812 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3752 10044 3826 10002 3826 9978 3781 10001
3748 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 270DEG 17KT 3821 9985 3788 9999
3757 10026
$$
KSC057-069-083-150130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-120615T0130Z/
HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-
812 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FORD...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...
AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF JETMORE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO THE
HAGGARD ELEV...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ENSIGN...
JETMORE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND
WESTERN HODGEMAN 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 3752 10044 3826 10002 3826 9978 3781 10001
3748 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 270DEG 17KT 3821 9985 3788 9999
3757 10026
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| 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, 7:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.