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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 6:25 AM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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 27, 2012, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 6:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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 27, 6:40 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Voda, KS | |
| Apr 27, 6:46 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 7 Nne Voda, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591
WUUS53 KDDC 271125
SVRDDC
KSC195-271215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0040.120427T1125Z-120427T1215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 624 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF COLLYER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VODA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY.
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 3891 10000 3892 10016 3913 10015 3914 10000
3914 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 183DEG 52KT 3895 10007
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
816 WWUS53 KDDC 271146 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC195-271215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120427T1215Z/ TREGO KS- 646 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM CDT... AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAKEENEY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3902 9994 3905 10000 3914 10000 3914 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 183DEG 54KT 3910 9994 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ FINCH
483 WWUS53 KDDC 271157 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 657 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC195-271207- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120427T1215Z/ TREGO KS- 657 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3902 9994 3905 10000 3914 10000 3914 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 183DEG 54KT 3927 9993 $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 42 min |
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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.