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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2012Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 30, 6:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 E Coldwater, KS
Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 W Lake City, KS	TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED, LONG-LIVED, BUT NEITHER FUNNEL EVER TOUCHED THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

964 
WUUS53 KDDC 302258
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-097-302345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0052.120430T2258Z-120430T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 557 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 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILMORE...
  BELVIDERE...
  SUN CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER
  AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3722 9934 3754 9907 3750 9901 3747 9901
      3747 9897 3736 9878 3711 9916
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 219DEG 25KT 3724 9918
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

824 
WWUS53 KDDC 302315
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-302345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120430T2345Z/
KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
615 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CDT...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

AT 608 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 8 MILES EAST 
OF COMANCHE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILMORE...
  BELVIDERE...
  LAKE CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER
  AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 9926 3754 9907 3750 9901 3747 9901
      3747 9897 3736 9878 3718 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 219DEG 25KT 3733 9909
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

GERARD

884 
WWUS53 KDDC 302337
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-097-302345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120430T2345Z/
KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
637 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SUN CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUN CITY...
  LAKE CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER
  AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 9926 3754 9907 3750 9901 3747 9901
      3747 9897 3736 9878 3718 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 221DEG 28KT 3740 9898
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	47 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	49 min
Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	34 min
Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	40 min
Apr 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	42 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	21 min
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	33 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	59 min
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	40 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	25 min
Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	46 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa	30 min
Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	43 min
Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	36 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	32 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.