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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 26, 2012Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 5:17 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 26, 2012, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 26, 6:24 PM MDTHAIL 111 Nw Johnson City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

455 
WUUS53 KDDC 262317
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-270015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.120426T2317Z-120427T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
617 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/

* AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...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 13 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
  SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON
  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 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163 3754 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 235DEG 25KT 3761 10221
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
467 
WWUS53 KDDC 262334
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
634 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

KSC075-187-270015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120427T0015Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
534 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT/715 PM
CDT/...

AT 515 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF LYCAN COLORADO...HOWEVER...THE 
STORM IS ON A WEAKENING TREND AS IT CROSSES THE KANSAS STATE LINE.  
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS 
ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3756 10204 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 244DEG 21KT 3767 10213
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
670 
WWUS53 KDDC 270014
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

KSC075-187-270023-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120427T0015Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
614 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY...HOWEVER NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3756 10204 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 244DEG 21KT 3770 10193

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCWichita63 min
Apr 26, 10:13 AM MDTWind AdvisoryDDCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more32 hr
Apr 26, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens61 min

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.