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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 2012Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 8:16 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 8:48 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 S Meade State Park, KS

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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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°0°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.

423 
WUUS53 KDDC 210116
SVRDDC
KSC119-210215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0147.120621T0116Z-120621T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 815 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 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY.

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 3713 10049 3716 10041 3717 10022 3700 10010
      3699 10016 3699 10048 3700 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 304DEG 10KT 3710 10038
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
738 
WWUS53 KDDC 210141
SVSDDC

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

KSC119-210215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120621T0215Z/
MEADE KS-
841 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 838 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 11 MILES
SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AT 833 PM CDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE
STATE PARK. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY.

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 3706 10048 3709 10042 3710 10031 3700 10010
      3699 10016 3699 10048 3700 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 304DEG 10KT 3701 10034
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
788 
WWUS53 KDDC 210148
SVSDDC

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

KSC119-210158-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120621T0215Z/
MEADE KS-
848 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3706 10048 3709 10042 3710 10031 3700 10010
      3699 10016 3699 10048 3700 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 304DEG 10KT 3700 10032

$$

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, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford38 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.