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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2012Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 4:48 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 5 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 30, 2012, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 30, 4:50 PM CDTHAIL 2Ne Ingalls, KS
Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDTHAIL 1Ingalls, KS
Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Ingalls, KS
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Ingalls, KS
Apr 30, 5:14 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nne Cimarron, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2012-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

120 
WUUS53 KDDC 302148
SVRDDC
KSC069-302230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.120430T2148Z-120430T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM 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 NEAR
  INGALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INGALLS...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY 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 3800 10041 3799 10024 3794 10023 3791 10023
      3770 10048 3784 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 231DEG 15KT 3783 10046
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
105 
WWUS53 KDDC 302155
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
455 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

KSC069-302230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120430T2230Z/
GRAY KS-
455 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRAY
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN INGALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INGALLS...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INGALLS...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY 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 3800 10041 3799 10024 3794 10023 3791 10023
      3770 10048 3784 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 230DEG 15KT 3785 10044
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN
270 
WWUS53 KDDC 302202
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
502 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

KSC069-302230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120430T2230Z/
GRAY KS-
502 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE 6 MILES WEST OF 
CIMARRON...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM IS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INGALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INGALLS...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRAY 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 3800 10041 3799 10024 3794 10023 3791 10023
      3779 10041 3787 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 230DEG 15KT 3788 10040
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray47 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark49 min
Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa34 min
Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber40 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman21 min
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman33 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman59 min
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa48 min
Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa47 min
Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa40 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman25 min
Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee46 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa30 min
Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche43 min
Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt36 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman32 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.