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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2012Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 10:23 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 14, 2012, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

960 
WUUS53 KDDC 150323
SVRDDC
KSC185-150415-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0032.120415T0323Z-120415T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1023 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEWARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. 

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 3807 9883 3818 9891 3827 9890 3827 9847
      3826 9847 3819 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 238DEG 22KT 3815 9875
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
542 
WWUS53 KDDC 150332
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1032 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC185-150415-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120415T0415Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1032 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEWARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3816 9875 3820 9885 3827 9882 3827 9847
      3821 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 223DEG 39KT 3824 9868
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL
052 
WWUS53 KDDC 150342
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC185-150350-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120415T0415Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. 

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

LAT...LON 3816 9875 3820 9885 3827 9882 3827 9847
      3821 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 223DEG 39KT 3830 9860

$$

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, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, 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, 10:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.