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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 27, 2012Trego County, Kansas

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.

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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 27, 6:40 AM CDTHAIL 13 S Voda, KS
Apr 27, 6:46 AM CDTHAIL 0.887 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-04-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

FINCH
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton59 min
Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens62 min
Apr 26, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton56 min
Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark58 min
Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Trego45 min
Apr 27, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Apr 27, 7:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis51 min
Apr 27, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis20 min
Apr 27, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis42 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.