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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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 6, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Ness City, KS | |
| Sep 6, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 7 Ssw Bazine, KS | |
| Sep 6, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 Nnw Burdett, KS | |
| Sep 6, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 6 Nnw Burdett, KS | |
| Sep 6, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nnw Burdett, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WUUS53 KDDC 062349 SVRDDC KSC083-135-145-165-070030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0172.120906T2349Z-120907T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT THU SEP 6 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... SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAZINE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAZINE... ALEXANDER... GRAY... BURDETT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NESS 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 3844 9931 3809 9957 3828 10003 3858 9985 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 293DEG 23KT 3838 9974 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
491 WWUS53 KDDC 070012 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 712 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC083-135-145-165-070030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-120907T0030Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 712 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF BAZINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAZINE... ALEXANDER... GRAY... NEKOMA... BURDETT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3844 9931 3809 9957 3828 10003 3858 9985 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 287DEG 21KT 3832 9962 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
660 WWUS53 KDDC 070020 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC083-135-145-165-070030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-120907T0030Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 720 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURDETT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDER... GRAY... BURDETT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES. 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 3819 9980 3851 9965 3844 9931 3809 9957 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 295DEG 25KT 3828 9957 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 9:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 51 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.