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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 25, 2012Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 25, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 25, 7:46 PM CDTHAIL 16 N Coldwater, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2012-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 330 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 2012-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
330 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

773 
WUUS53 KDDC 260034
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-260115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0181.120926T0034Z-120926T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE COLDWATER...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLDWATER...
  WILMORE...
  BELVIDERE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER 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 3766 9922 3735 9892 3723 9939 3734 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 234DEG 15KT 3732 9939
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
2 follow-up statements
145 
WWUS53 KDDC 260052
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

KSC007-260102-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
BARBER KS-
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
      3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 234DEG 15KT 3736 9931

$$

KSC033-097-260115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILMORE...
  BELVIDERE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA
  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 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
      3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 234DEG 15KT 3736 9931
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
710 
WWUS53 KDDC 260109
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

KSC033-097-260119-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
809 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA 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.

LAT...LON 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
      3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 234DEG 15KT 3740 9924

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny42 min
Sep 25, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa47 min
Sep 25, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney48 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.