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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 14, 2012, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 7:35 PM CDTHAIL 2.758 E Dodge City, KS
Apr 14, 7:40 PM CDTHAIL 26 Se Dodge City, KS
Apr 14, 7:58 PM CDTHAIL 11 Sse Kingsdown, KSWINDOWS WERE KNOCKED OUT BY HAIL IN KINGSDOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2712 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 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
2712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.0
Supercell composite
30.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

835 
WUUS53 KDDC 150022
SVRDDC
KSC025-047-057-119-150100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0028.120415T0022Z-120415T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
722 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
  INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLOOM...
  KINGSDOWN...
  DODGE CITY...
  FORD...
  WINDHORST...
  BELLEFONT...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...NORTHWESTERN
  CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN 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 3746 10022 3791 10004 3789 9945 3773 9955
      3773 9956 3771 9956 3746 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 216DEG 49KT 3743 10002
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
724 
WWUS53 KDDC 150040
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
740 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC025-047-057-119-150100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120415T0100Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
740 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD...
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND MEADE COUNTIES
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WRIGHT...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BELLEFONT...
  OFFERLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...MEADE...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND
  SOUTHWESTERN 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 3746 10022 3791 10004 3789 9945 3773 9955
      3773 9956 3771 9956 3746 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 210DEG 61KT 3772 9981
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

RUSSELL
301 
WWUS53 KDDC 150106
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC025-047-057-119-150115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120415T0100Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
806 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FORD...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN 
CLARK AND MEADE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

HOWEVER A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY 
UNTIL 830 PM CDT. 

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3746 10022 3791 10004 3789 9945 3773 9955
      3773 9956 3771 9956 3746 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 210DEG 61KT 3774 9980

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade38 min
Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa47 min
Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee42 min
Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa27 min
Apr 14, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush41 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford31 min
Apr 14, 8:52 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford23 min
Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford20 min
Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford19 min
Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more39 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford23 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber52 min
Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber18 min
Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more15 hr
Apr 15, 3:50 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more17 hr

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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.