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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 6, 20125 counties in Kansas

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.

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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, 7:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 656 Nnw Burdett, KS
Sep 6, 7:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 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.

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

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°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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford38 min
Sep 6, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness50 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

Nearby

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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.