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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2012Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 12:23 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 15, 2012, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2195 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.9
Supercell composite
19.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

599 
WUUS53 KDDC 150523
SVRDDC
KSC007-150615-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0036.120415T0523Z-120415T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1223 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES EAST OF AETNA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER...
  KIOWA...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER 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 3700 9899 3721 9900 3747 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 232DEG 50KT 3709 9874
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
224 
WWUS53 KDDC 150606
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
106 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSC007-150615-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120415T0615Z/
BARBER KS-
106 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBER COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER 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 3700 9899 3721 9900 3747 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 237DEG 98KT 3722 9859
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
738 
WWUS53 KDDC 150616
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
116 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSC007-150626-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120415T0615Z/
BARBER KS-
116 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARBER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3700 9899 3721 9900 3747 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 237DEG 98KT 3723 9856

$$

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, 10:23 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, 12:42 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.