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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 10, 20127 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 6:25 PM CST for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2012, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
Nov 10, 6:32 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	4 Ene Bucklin, KS
Nov 10, 6:36 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	3 Sse Bucklin, KS
Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	9 Se Clark State Lake, KS
Nov 10, 7:15 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	5 Nne Clark State Lake, 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 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.

163 
WUUS53 KDDC 110025
SVRDDC
KSC007-025-033-047-057-097-151-110115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0191.121111T0025Z-121111T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  WINDHORST TO 8 MILES NORTH OF ACRES...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. 
  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BYERS
  ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCKLIN...
  MULLINVILLE...
  GREENSBURG...
  LAKE COLDWATER...
  WILMORE...
  BELVIDERE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KIOWA...NORTHERN BARBER...NORTHERN CLARK...
  NORTHERN COMANCHE...PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS
  COUNTIES.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...EASTERN KOWA...AND 
SOUTHERN PRATT 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 3716 9998 3775 9957 3782 9846 3739 9846
      3739 9842 3738 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 258DEG 39KT 3773 9947 3722 9986
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

935 
WWUS53 KDDC 110046
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-151-110056-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-121111T0115Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
646 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARBER AND PRATT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, HOWEVER ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WILL
IMPACT PORTIONS OF BARBER AND PRATT COUNTIES AFTER 730 PM.

LAT...LON 3778 9903 3733 9903 3716 9998 3775 9957
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 258DEG 39KT 3776 9935 3734 9968

$$

KSC025-033-047-057-097-110115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-121111T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
646 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FORD...SOUTHERN EDWARDS...NORTHERN COMANCHE...NORTHERN CLARK AND
KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CST...

AT 641 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CENTERVIEW TO
CLARK STATE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCKLIN...
  GREENSBURG...
  HAVILAND...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KIOWA...NORTHERN CLARK...NORTHERN COMANCHE...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHERN 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 3778 9903 3733 9903 3716 9998 3775 9957
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 258DEG 39KT 3776 9935 3734 9968
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

UMSCHEID

116 
WWUS53 KDDC 110109
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-033-047-057-097-110118-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-121111T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
709 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHERN
EDWARDS...NORTHERN COMANCHE...NORTHERN CLARK AND KIOWA COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CST/615 PM MST/...

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR EASTERN
EDWARDS...KIOWA...WESTERN PRATT...AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3778 9903 3733 9903 3716 9998 3775 9957
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 258DEG 39KT 3780 9905 3738 9939

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	30 min
Nov 10, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford	50 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	50 min
Nov 10, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	53 min
Nov 10, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	34 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.