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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 29, 2012Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 3:28 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2012, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2012, 3:59 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2012-04-29Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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.

773 
WUUS53 KDDC 292128
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-292215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0045.120429T2128Z-120429T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
428 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT/415 PM MDT/

* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY...
  BIG BOW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN 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 3773 10205 3796 10156 3755 10154 3752 10205
      3758 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 244DEG 28KT 3763 10175
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
148 
WWUS53 KDDC 292148
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

KSC075-187-292215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120429T2215Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
448 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT/415 PM
MDT/...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 3774 10201 3796 10156 3762 10154 3760 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 205DEG 13KT 3767 10177
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

18
553 
WWUS53 KDDC 292159
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
459 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

KSC075-187-292209-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120429T2215Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
459 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3774 10201 3796 10156 3762 10154 3760 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 197DEG 8KT 3768 10179

$$

18

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton59 min
Apr 29, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens47 min
Apr 29, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Haskell43 min
Apr 29, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward50 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.