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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 10, 2012Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 6:55 PM CST for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2012, 7:45 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 Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Radium, KS	STAFFORD COUNTY DISPATCH ADVISED A DILAPATED GARAGE AT THE SENIOR CENTER WAS KNOCKED DOWN. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. RADIUM WAS ALSO REPORTED WITHOUT ELECTRIC POWER.
Nov 10, 7:32 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw St. John, KS
Nov 10, 7:42 PM CST	HAIL 1	3 Wsw Hudson, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

826 
WUUS53 KDDC 110055
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-110145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0192.121111T0055Z-121111T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 650 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 PAWNEE ROCK TO BELPRE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZOOK...
  RADIUM...
  SEWARD...
  HUDSON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE
  COUNTIES.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD 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 3800 9916 3827 9895 3827 9847 3826 9847
      3801 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 241DEG 33KT 3828 9887 3800 9911
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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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, 6:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 1 more	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.