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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 5:01 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 44 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, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 5:25 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 Wnw Ash Valley, KS | |
| Nov 10, 5:30 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 S Bellefont, KS | |
| Nov 10, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 S Bellefont, KS | |
| Nov 10, 5:33 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 E Bellefont, KS | |
| Nov 10, 5:42 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 E Offerle, KS | DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO OCCURRED WITH THE WIND. |
| Nov 10, 5:55 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 E Offerle, KS | HAIL SMALLER THAN PEA SIZE WAS ALSO REPORTED. THE CALLER SAW SMALL LIMBS DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HWY 50/56. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 102301
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-145-165-102345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0187.121110T2301Z-121110T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
501 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 458 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 5 MILES NORTH OF BELLEFONT...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OFFERLE...
KINSLEY...
GRAY...
BURDETT...
SANFORD...
FRIZELL...
ASH VALLEY...
RUSH CENTER...
SHAFFER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...EASTERN RUSH...
NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...FORD...AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN 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 3772 9962 3790 9990 3864 9925 3852 9902
3827 9902 3826 9892 3818 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 226DEG 53KT 3798 9962
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
248
WWUS53 KDDC 102324
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
524 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
KSC047-057-083-145-165-102345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-121110T2345Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
524 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...EASTERN HODGEMAN...PAWNEE AND EASTERN
RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CST...
AT 521 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ROZEL TO SPEARVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARVILLE...
OFFERLE...
RUSH CENTER...
LA CROSSE...
FRIZELL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...EASTERN RUSH...
NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 9962 3790 9990 3864 9925 3852 9902
3827 9902 3826 9892 3818 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 233DEG 48KT 3823 9938 3784 9968
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:24 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 27 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.