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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 25, 2012Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 25, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2012, 5:10 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 Nw Bison, 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

900 
WUUS53 KDDC 252139
SVRDDC
KSC165-252230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0148.120725T2139Z-120725T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
439 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BISON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
  ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BISON...
  SHAFFER...
  OTIS...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH 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 3869 9902 3842 9903 3841 9921 3860 9930
      3870 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 246DEG 14KT 3853 9914
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

537 
WWUS53 KDDC 252153
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
453 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSC165-252230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120725T2230Z/
RUSH KS-
453 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH NEAR BISON. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR OTIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OTIS...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH 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 3845 9919 3860 9922 3870 9903 3869 9902
      3842 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 246DEG 14KT 3855 9908
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

578 
WWUS53 KDDC 252210
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
510 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSC165-252221-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120725T2230Z/
RUSH KS-
510 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3845 9919 3860 9922 3870 9903 3869 9902
      3842 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 246DEG 14KT 3858 9900

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	67 min
Jul 25, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	54 min
Jul 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	54 min
Jul 25, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	56 min
Jul 25, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	65 min
Jul 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.