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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 2012Clark County, Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 20, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 116 Sse Dodge City, KSTHE CALLER REPORTED A MIX OF HAIL SIZES FROM PENNY TO NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE, ALL COMING DOWN MIXED WITH RAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2012-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 921 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 2012-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
921 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

067 
WUUS53 KDDC 210052
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-210130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0146.120621T0052Z-120621T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 747 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 6 MILES
  NORTH OF BLOOM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGSDOWN...
  BLOOM...
  MINNEOLA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN FORD 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 3743 9965 3743 10001 3763 10001 3766 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 351DEG 8KT 3756 9988
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
231 
WWUS53 KDDC 210108
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
808 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

KSC025-057-210130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120621T0130Z/
CLARK KS-FORD KS-
808 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
FORD AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 16 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLOOM...
  KINGSDOWN...
  KINGSDOWN...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN FORD 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 3743 9965 3743 10001 3756 9995 3760 9991
      3761 9986 3760 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 327DEG 11KT 3752 9987
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
086 
WWUS53 KDDC 210127
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

KSC025-057-210137-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120621T0130Z/
CLARK KS-FORD KS-
827 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FORD AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3743 9965 3743 10001 3756 9995 3760 9991
      3761 9986 3760 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 327DEG 11KT 3744 9983

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade48 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade32 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.