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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2012, 6:37 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2012, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WUUS53 KDDC 080037 SVRDDC KSC075-080115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0161.120808T0037Z-120808T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 637 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLY...OR NEAR COOLIDGE... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COOLIDGE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN HAMILTON 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 3818 10205 3810 10179 3775 10174 3774 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 328DEG 15KT 3805 10206 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
339 WWUS53 KDDC 080107 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 807 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 KSC075-080115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120808T0115Z/ HAMILTON KS- 707 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT... AT 704 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3799 10205 3800 10178 3775 10174 3774 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 348DEG 17KT 3788 10205 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ 18
403 WWUS53 KDDC 080114 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 814 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 KSC075-080124- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120808T0115Z/ HAMILTON KS- 714 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... 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 UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3799 10205 3800 10178 3775 10174 3774 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 348DEG 17KT 3785 10204 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 9:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.