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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 8:09 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 8:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | N Hayne, KS | |
| Aug 3, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Kismet, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
769
WUUS53 KDDC 040109
SVRDDC
KSC175-040215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0155.120804T0109Z-120804T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 807 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 NEAR
LIBERAL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERAL...
HAYNE...
KISMET...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SEWARD 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 3732 10098 3728 10066 3699 10077 3699 10098
3699 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 190DEG 16KT 3700 10095
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KRUSE2 follow-up statements
805 WWUS53 KDDC 040142 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 842 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC175-040215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120804T0215Z/ SEWARD KS- 842 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYNE... KISMET... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3709 10088 3729 10086 3728 10066 3705 10075 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 190DEG 16KT 3715 10092 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
930 WWUS53 KDDC 040158 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 858 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC175-040208- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120804T0215Z/ SEWARD KS- 858 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SEWARD 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 SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3709 10088 3729 10086 3728 10066 3705 10075 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 190DEG 16KT 3722 10091 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 7 more | 101 min |
| Aug 4, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 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.