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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 10, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 7:07 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2012, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2012-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
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.

152 
WUUS53 KDDC 110107
SVRDDC
KSC047-097-151-185-110200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0193.121111T0107Z-121111T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 700 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 BELPRE TO SITKA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  GREENSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  HOPEWELL...
  WELLSFORD...
  CROFT...
  CULLISON...
  IUKA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...KIOWA...SOUTHERN STAFFORD
  AND WESTERN PRATT COUNTIES.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHERN EDWARDS AND KIOWA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 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 3752 9888 3739 9915 3738 9955 3755 9955
      3800 9917 3800 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 237DEG 47KT 3803 9906 3726 9959
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
310 
WWUS53 KDDC 110143
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-097-151-185-110200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0193.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS-
743 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EDWARDS...EASTERN KIOWA...WESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...

AT 742 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 ST. JOHN TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAVILAND...
  WELLSFORD...
  STAFFORD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS...
  SOUTHERN STAFFORD AND WESTERN PRATT 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 3800 9851 3752 9888 3739 9915 3739 9941
      3800 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 237DEG 47KT 3802 9873 3741 9929
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

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061 
WWUS53 KDDC 110200
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-097-151-185-110210-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0193.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS-
800 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS...EASTERN
KIOWA...WESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3800 9851 3752 9888 3739 9915 3739 9941
      3800 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 237DEG 47KT 3801 9872 3740 9928

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt30 min
Nov 10, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford50 min
Nov 10, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 1 more50 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford50 min
Nov 10, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.