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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 11:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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: Apr 14, 2012, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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
Apr 14, 12:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Rush Center, KS	TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. A PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS BLOWN OVER AND A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE BASE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS PENDING A DAMAGE SURVEY.
Apr 14, 12:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Rush Center, KS	TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE BASE. AN ENTIRE IRRIGATION PIVOT SYSTEM WAS BLOWN OVER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR A TORNADO PENDING A DAMAGE SURVEY.
Apr 14, 12:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	S Rush Center, KS	TREE LIMBS WERE THROWN ACROSS THE ROAD. A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE BASE. AN ENTIRE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS BLOWN OVER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR A TORNADO PENDING A DAMAGE SURVEY.
Apr 14, 12:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Rozel, KS	THE OBSERVER NOTED A COUPLE OF BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS OVER A FEW MINUTES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.6

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The text

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

725 
WUUS53 KDDC 141646
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-145-165-141730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0017.120414T1646Z-120414T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1146 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1139 AM 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
  NORTHWEST OF BURDETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURDETT...
  BAZINE...
  ALEXANDER...
  NEKOMA...
  HARGRAVE...
  LA CROSSE...
  BISON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN
  PAWNEE...RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3865 9965 3862 9903 3822 9936 3815 9953
      3821 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 212DEG 35KT 3831 9954
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

629 
WWUS53 KDDC 141710
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1210 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC083-141720-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120414T1730Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
1210 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3833 9927 3833 9943 3845 9969 3865 9965
      3862 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 212DEG 35KT 3852 9938

$$

KSC135-145-165-141730-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120414T1730Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-
1210 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
NESS...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE AND RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM
CDT...

AT 1208 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
NEKOMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARGRAVE...
  LA CROSSE...
  BISON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS...NORTHERN PAWNEE AND RUSH
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3833 9927 3833 9943 3845 9969 3865 9965
      3862 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 212DEG 35KT 3852 9938
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 9:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	21 hr
Apr 14, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	37 min
Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	50 min
Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	47 min
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	47 min
Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	34 min
Apr 14, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	37 min
Apr 14, 11:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	41 min
Apr 14, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	52 min
Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	42 min
Apr 14, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	44 min
Apr 14, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	47 min
Apr 14, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	40 min
Apr 14, 12:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Rush	5 hr
Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	39 min
Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	11 hr
Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	44 min
Apr 14, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	34 min
Apr 14, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	27 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	29 min
Apr 14, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	42 min
Apr 14, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	35 min
Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	27 min
Apr 14, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	38 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	32 min
Apr 14, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	50 min
Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	32 min
Apr 14, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	23 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	49 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	34 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	33 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	33 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	28 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	40 min
Apr 14, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Rush	17 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	34 min
Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	30 min
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	28 min
Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	25 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	31 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	31 min
Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	25 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	25 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	25 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	34 min
Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	28 min
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	31 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.