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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 13, 2012Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2012, 12:29 AM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Oct 13, 2012, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2012, 1:05 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 12:35 AM CDTHAIL 0.885 Nw Feterita, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2012-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

291 
WUUS53 KDDC 130529
SVRDDC
KSC189-130630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0185.121013T0529Z-121013T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1229 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FETERITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FETERITA...
  HUGOTON...
  MOSCOW...
  CAVE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF STEVENS 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 3738 10130 3738 10107 3704 10107 3702 10155
      3727 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 252DEG 39KT 3721 10149
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
411 
WWUS53 KDDC 130550
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1250 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

KSC189-130630-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-121013T0630Z/
STEVENS KS-
1250 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
STEVENS COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSCOW...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUGOTON...
  MOSCOW...
  CAVE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STEVENS 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 3710 10138 3732 10143 3738 10130 3738 10107
      3704 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 252DEG 39KT 3728 10123
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
445 
WWUS53 KDDC 130605
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
105 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

KSC189-130616-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-121013T0630Z/
STEVENS KS-
105 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3710 10138 3732 10143 3738 10130 3738 10107
      3704 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 252DEG 39KT 3733 10102

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton63 min
Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
Oct 13, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford43 min
Oct 13, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford24 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.