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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2012Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 10:57 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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, 11:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 S Coldwater, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

383 
WUUS53 KDDC 150357
SVRDDC
KSC033-150445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0033.120415T0357Z-120415T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1057 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUTTERMILK...
  LAKE COLDWATER...
  WILMORE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COMANCHE 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 3705 9954 3738 9946 3738 9901 3701 9901
      3701 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 239DEG 60KT 3710 9928
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

166 
WWUS53 KDDC 150416
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1116 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC033-150445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120415T0445Z/
COMANCHE KS-
1116 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE
COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILMORE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COMANCHE 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 3705 9954 3738 9946 3738 9901 3701 9901
      3701 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 239DEG 60KT 3728 9904
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

479 
WWUS53 KDDC 150441
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1141 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC033-150451-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120415T0445Z/
COMANCHE KS-
1141 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COMANCHE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM CDT/1045 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3705 9954 3738 9946 3738 9901 3701 9901
      3701 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 239DEG 60KT 3750 9857

$$

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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, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	47 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, 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.