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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 20125 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 14, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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	Remark
Apr 14, 7:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Sse Kingsdown, KS	WINDOWS WERE KNOCKED OUT BY HAIL IN KINGSDOWN.
Apr 14, 8:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	9 Nne Mullinville, KS
Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	2 Wnw Greensburg, KS	HAIL WAS GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED.
Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Wnw Greensburg, 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
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 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.

593 
WUUS53 KDDC 150043
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-047-057-097-150130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0029.120415T0043Z-120415T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
743 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 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 NEAR KINGSDOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINGSDOWN...
  MULLINVILLE...
  WINDHORST...
  OFFERLE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND WESTERN KIOWA
  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 3789 9959 3788 9921 3771 9922 3718 9967
      3727 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 211DEG 74KT 3750 9973
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

394 
WWUS53 KDDC 150123
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-097-150131-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120415T0130Z/
KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-
823 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHWEST 
KIOWA COUNTY. 

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

LAT...LON 3773 9922 3773 9925 3773 9969 3789 9959
      3788 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 214DEG 60KT 3788 9939

$$

KSC047-057-150130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120415T0130Z/
EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
823 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 817 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF KINSLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FORD 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 3773 9922 3773 9925 3773 9969 3789 9959
      3788 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 214DEG 60KT 3788 9939
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	38 min
Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Meade	38 min
Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	42 min
Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	27 min
Apr 14, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	41 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	31 min
Apr 14, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	23 min
Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	33 min
Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	20 min
Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	19 min
Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	48 min
Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more	39 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	23 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	52 min
Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	18 min
Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	15 hr
Apr 15, 3:50 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more	17 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.