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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 6, 2012Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 7:10 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 705 E Alamota, KS
Sep 6, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 E Alamota, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

973 
WUUS53 KDDC 070010
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-070100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0174.120907T0010Z-120907T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
710 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BEELER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEELER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LANE AND SOUTHWESTERN NESS 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 3853 9988 3826 10004 3827 10019 3843 10033
      3857 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 283DEG 19KT 3846 10016
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
395 
WWUS53 KDDC 070039
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

KSC101-070047-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120907T0100Z/
LANE KS-
739 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LANE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3847 9992 3826 10004 3827 10019 3837 10024
      3847 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 297DEG 16KT 3835 10014

$$

KSC135-070100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120907T0100Z/
NESS KS-
739 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NESS COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEELER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEELER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY.

AT 715 PM...70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED 5 MILES EAST OF ALAMOTA. 


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 3847 9992 3826 10004 3827 10019 3837 10024
      3847 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 297DEG 16KT 3835 10014
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL
169 
WWUS53 KDDC 070052
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

KSC135-070101-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-120907T0100Z/
NESS KS-
752 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...

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

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL 
NESS COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM. 

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3847 9992 3826 10004 3827 10019 3837 10024
      3847 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 297DEG 16KT 3832 10007

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford38 min
Sep 6, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush47 min
Sep 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa46 min
Sep 6, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness41 min
Sep 6, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee44 min
Sep 6, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards53 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.