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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 30, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 117 Ese Jetmore, KS
Apr 30, 7:23 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDS Belpre, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

738 
WUUS53 KDDC 302329
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-145-010015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0054.120430T2329Z-120501T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLEFONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  SANFORD...
  GARFIELD...
  ZOOK...
  LARNED...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHERN EDWARDS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE 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 3823 9920 3819 9910 3804 9903 3790 9908
      3789 9975 3800 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 250DEG 45KT 3795 9967
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
827 
WWUS53 KDDC 302348
SVSDDC

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

KSC057-302358-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120501T0015Z/
FORD KS-
648 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FORD
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3793 9967 3806 9965 3823 9920 3819 9910
      3804 9903 3790 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 250DEG 45KT 3801 9944

$$

KSC047-083-145-010015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120501T0015Z/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-
648 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL
715 PM CDT...

AT 644 PM 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 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF KINSLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  LEWIS...
  GARFIELD...
  FRIZELL...
  ZOOK...
  LARNED...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND
  SOUTHERN PAWNEE 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 3793 9967 3806 9965 3823 9920 3819 9910
      3804 9903 3790 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 250DEG 45KT 3801 9944
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

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, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 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, 6:30 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.