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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 3, 2012Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 8:22 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2012, 8:52 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 8:22 PM CDTHAIL 0.7514 Wsw 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

695 
WUUS53 KDDC 040122
SVRDDC
KSC129-040215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0156.120804T0122Z-120804T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
822 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 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 12
  MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON 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 3739 10175 3733 10156 3719 10156 3716 10203
      3734 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 236DEG 7KT 3721 10200
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
188 
WWUS53 KDDC 040145
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

KSC129-040215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-120804T0215Z/
MORTON KS-
845 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MORTON 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 7 MILES
WEST OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON 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 3724 10164 3720 10196 3730 10199 3739 10175
      3734 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 236DEG 7KT 3726 10189
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
499 
WWUS53 KDDC 040152
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
852 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

KSC129-040202-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-120804T0215Z/
MORTON KS-
852 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MORTON 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 3724 10164 3720 10196 3730 10199 3739 10175
      3734 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 236DEG 7KT 3727 10188

$$

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, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward49 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.