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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 10, 2012Edwards County, Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 4:35 PM CST for Edwards County, Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Nov 10, 2012, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 4:41 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 60Dodge City, 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
Nov 10, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 12:00Z on 2012-11-10Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

013 
WUUS53 KDDC 102235
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-102315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0186.121110T2235Z-121110T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
435 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 430 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE
  CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DODGE CITY...
  WRIGHT...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BELLEFONT...
  OFFERLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
  EDWARDS 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 3813 9995 3781 9942 3751 10005 3769 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 226DEG 58KT 3771 10003
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
172 
WWUS53 KDDC 102253
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
453 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSC047-057-083-102315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-121110T2315Z/
HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
453 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD...
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
CST...

AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BELLEFONT...
  OFFERLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
  EDWARDS COUNTIES.

AT 441 PM CST...AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN DODGE 
CITY.

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 3813 9995 3781 9942 3751 10005 3769 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 222DEG 47KT 3786 9979
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 9:24 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more9 hr
Nov 10, 9:33 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more9 hr
Nov 10, 5:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush44 min
Nov 10, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford27 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.