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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 8, 2012Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2012, 12:45 AM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 8, 2012, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2012, 1:15 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2012-03-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 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.

466 
WUUS53 KDDC 080645
SVRDDC
KSC007-080715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.120308T0645Z-120308T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1245 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AETNA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE CITY...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  ISABEL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER 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 3710 9887 3725 9900 3747 9865 3747 9846
      3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 231DEG 49KT 3724 9883
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
818 
WWUS53 KDDC 080706
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
106 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

KSC007-080716-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0715Z/
BARBER KS-
106 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 AM CST/1215 AM MST/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3710 9887 3725 9900 3747 9865 3747 9846
      3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 231DEG 49KT 3742 9855

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 11:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman46 min
Mar 8, 2:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.