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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 3, 2012Seward County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 1N Hayne, KS
Aug 3, 8:50 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

KRUSE
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens44 min
Aug 3, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton30 min
Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray48 min
Aug 3, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade62 min
Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens51 min
Aug 3, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord62 min
Aug 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Aug 3, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord30 min
Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa65 min
Aug 3, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt56 min
Aug 4, 12:00 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 7 more101 min
Aug 4, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 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.