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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 4, 2012Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 6:17 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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: Sep 4, 2012, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2012, 6:47 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Sep 4, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Ene Catherine, KS
Sep 4, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	6 Ne Victoria, KS
Sep 4, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Ne Victoria, 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

049 
WUUS53 KDDC 042317
SVRDDC
KSC051-050000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0167.120904T2317Z-120905T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
617 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 616 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 WALKER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
  DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ELLIS 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 3913 9903 3872 9904 3872 9905 3889 9930
      3913 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 299DEG 32KT 3891 9908
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

RUSSELL

3 follow-up statements

605 
WWUS53 KDDC 042325
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSC051-050000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120905T0000Z/
ELLIS KS-
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GORHAM...OR NEAR EMMERAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ELLIS 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 3913 9903 3872 9904 3872 9905 3889 9930
      3913 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 280DEG 30KT 3893 9902
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

838 
WWUS53 KDDC 042341
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSC051-050000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120905T0000Z/
ELLIS KS-
641 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH WERE REPORTED AT 620 PM...6 
MILES NORTHEAST OF VICTORIA. 


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 3876 9904 3872 9905 3886 9908 3913 9904
      3913 9903 3877 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 281DEG 38KT 3890 9885
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

947 
WWUS53 KDDC 042347
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
647 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSC051-042357-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120905T0000Z/
ELLIS KS-
647 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3876 9904 3872 9905 3886 9908 3913 9904
      3913 9903 3877 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 281DEG 38KT 3888 9876

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	47 min
Sep 4, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	39 min
Sep 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	49 min
Sep 4, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
Sep 4, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	45 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.