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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Ene Richfield, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WUUS53 KDDC 032300 SVRDDC KSC067-129-187-189-032345- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0153.120803T2300Z-120803T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 600 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 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MORTON...NORTHWESTERN STEVENS... SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN GRANT 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 3746 10130 3725 10129 3729 10174 3741 10173 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 270DEG 19KT 3733 10158 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
610 WWUS53 KDDC 032321 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 621 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC067-129-187-189-032345- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-120803T2345Z/ STEVENS KS-STANTON KS-MORTON KS-GRANT KS- 621 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN MORTON...SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MORTON...NORTHWESTERN STEVENS... SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3730 10167 3742 10162 3746 10130 3725 10129 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 264DEG 6KT 3733 10155 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
541 WWUS53 KDDC 032346 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC067-129-187-189-032356- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-120803T2345Z/ STEVENS KS-STANTON KS-MORTON KS-GRANT KS- 646 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRANT... NORTHEASTERN MORTON...SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... 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 GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3730 10167 3742 10162 3746 10130 3725 10129 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 264DEG 6KT 3733 10155 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 74 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 63 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.