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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 9:42 PM CDT for Ford 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 10:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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, 9:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Dodge 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
460 WUUS53 KDDC 040242 SVRDDC KSC057-040330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0159.120804T0242Z-120804T0330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 942 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FT. DODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHT... SPEARVILLE... BELLEFONT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD 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 3790 9997 3790 9958 3782 9958 3772 10003 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 237DEG 23KT 3776 9994 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
532 WWUS53 KDDC 040304 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1004 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC057-040330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-120804T0330Z/ FORD KS- 1004 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED NEAR SPEARVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARVILLE... BELLEFONT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3789 9992 3790 9958 3782 9958 3777 9981 TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 237DEG 23KT 3784 9979 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ KRUSE
348 WWUS53 KDDC 040312 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1012 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC057-040323- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-120804T0330Z/ FORD KS- 1012 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD 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 3789 9992 3790 9958 3782 9958 3777 9981 TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 237DEG 23KT 3787 9973 $$ 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, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 49 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, 9:55 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.