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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 26, 2012Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 26, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 6:53 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Elkhart, KS
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Elkhart, KS
Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 N Elkhart, KS
Apr 26, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Richfield, 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, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

808 
WUUS53 KDDC 262344
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-270045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0038.120426T2344Z-120427T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES SOUTH OF ELKHART...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKHART...
  WILBURTON...
  ROLLA...
  RICHFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MORTON AND WESTERN STEVENS 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 3737 10202 3738 10157 3736 10135 3702 10150
      3699 10155 3699 10203 3700 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 204DEG 25KT 3692 10192
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
3 follow-up statements
937 
WWUS53 KDDC 270000
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-189-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120427T0045Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
700 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MORTON AND
WESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ELKHART.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ELKHART...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKHART...
  WILBURTON...
  ROLLA...
  FETERITA...
  RICHFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MORTON AND WESTERN STEVENS 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 3737 10202 3738 10157 3736 10135 3702 10150
      3699 10155 3699 10203 3700 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 197DEG 29KT 3706 10190
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN
969 
WWUS53 KDDC 270020
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-189-270045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120427T0045Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
720 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MORTON AND
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 718 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR RICHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MORTON AND NORTHWESTERN STEVENS 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 3736 10201 3738 10157 3736 10135 3712 10157
      3708 10172 3708 10184 3713 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 206DEG 31KT 3725 10180
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
090 
WWUS53 KDDC 270042
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-189-270052-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120427T0045Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
742 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORTON AND NORTHWESTERN
STEVENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3736 10201 3738 10157 3736 10135 3712 10157
      3708 10172 3708 10184 3713 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 206DEG 35KT 3748 10161

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCWichita63 min
Apr 26, 11:13 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more32 hr
Apr 26, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton58 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.