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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 20127 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 8:17 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 709 S Jetmore, KSVISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING DUST.

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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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.

423 
WUUS53 KDDC 150117
SVRDDC
KSC025-047-057-069-083-119-145-150215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0140.120615T0117Z-120615T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
  WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
  WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
  HANSTON TO MEADE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DODGE CITY...
  HANSTON...
  FT. DODGE...
  WRIGHT...
  GRAY...
  SPEARVILLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...FORD...NORTHEASTERN
  MEADE...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN
  GRAY AND WESTERN PAWNEE 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 3825 9927 3721 9991 3735 10036 3826 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 299DEG 10KT 3824 9975 3734 10033
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
528 
WWUS53 KDDC 150139
SVSDDC

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

KSC069-150149-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
GRAY KS-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
      3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 299DEG 10KT 3820 9960 3731 10015

$$

KSC025-047-057-083-119-145-150215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
PAWNEE KS-MEADE KS-HODGEMAN KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD...
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
CDT...

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAY TO FOWLER...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WRIGHT...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BURDETT...
  BELLEFONT...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...NORTHWESTERN
  CLARK...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN
  PAWNEE 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 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
      3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 299DEG 10KT 3820 9960 3731 10015
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

KRUSE
187 
WWUS53 KDDC 150208
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-047-057-083-119-145-150218-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
PAWNEE KS-MEADE KS-HODGEMAN KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
908 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK...EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND WEST
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
      3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 299DEG 10KT 3816 9951 3727 10006

$$

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, 7:21 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, 8:23 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.