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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783 WUUS53 KDDC 070028 SVRDDC KSC047-083-135-145-165-070115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0175.120907T0028Z-120907T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 725 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 5 MILES NORTH OF BURDETT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRAY... BURDETT... ROZEL... SANFORD... ASH VALLEY... FRIZELL... GARFIELD... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN RUSH AND WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. 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 3834 9904 3800 9922 3817 9973 3842 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 299DEG 30KT 3827 9950 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
997 WWUS53 KDDC 070113 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC047-083-135-145-165-070122- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-120907T0115Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS- 813 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS... NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN NESS...WESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3834 9904 3800 9922 3817 9973 3842 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 299DEG 30KT 3808 9907 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 53 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.