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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 9:22 PM CDT for Finney 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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, 9:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Se Garden City, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
702 WUUS53 KDDC 260222 SVRDDC KSC055-260300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.120726T0222Z-120726T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 922 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PIERCEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLYMELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN FINNEY 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 3775 10068 3775 10096 3800 10083 3800 10068 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 025DEG 11KT 3789 10077 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
854 WWUS53 KDDC 260237 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 937 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSC055-260300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120726T0300Z/ FINNEY KS- 937 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 926 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLYMELL...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLYMELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3775 10068 3775 10096 3800 10083 3800 10068 TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 025DEG 11KT 3785 10079 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ SUGDEN
623 WWUS53 KDDC 260252 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 952 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSC055-260302- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120726T0300Z/ FINNEY KS- 952 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3775 10068 3775 10096 3800 10083 3800 10068 TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 025DEG 11KT 3781 10081 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 42 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.