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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 7:36 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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 27, 2012, 7:36 AM CDT (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 7:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Hays, 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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WUUS53 KDDC 271236 SVRDDC KSC051-271315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0041.120427T1236Z-120427T1315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 736 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 734 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 HAYS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ELLIS 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 3883 9925 3886 9938 3914 9945 3914 9908 TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 185DEG 48KT 3894 9932 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ FINCH
2 follow-up statements
199 WWUS53 KDDC 271250 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 750 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC051-271315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120427T1315Z/ ELLIS KS- 750 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM CDT... AT 748 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CODELL...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CATHARINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3901 9926 3904 9934 3914 9945 3914 9908 TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 185DEG 48KT 3913 9930 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ FINCH
582 WWUS53 KDDC 271256 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 756 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC051-271307- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120427T1315Z/ ELLIS KS- 756 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3901 9926 3904 9934 3914 9945 3914 9908 TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 185DEG 48KT 3922 9929 $$ 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, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 51 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.