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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 2012Gray County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 6 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 2, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 2, 6:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 Nne Meade, KS
Apr 2, 6:18 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 W Fowler, KS
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 S Montezuma, KS
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 Ssw Montezuma, KS
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 18 Ese Copeland, KSHAIL ESTIMATED PEA TO QUARTER SIZED.
Apr 2, 6:46 PM CDTHAIL 1.758 S Montezuma, 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 2, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2012-04-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 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.

523 
WUUS53 KDDC 022255
SVRDDC
KSC069-119-022345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0006.120402T2255Z-120402T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
555 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEADE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEADE...
  MISSLER...
  MONTEZUMA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY 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 3753 10066 3773 10033 3730 10013 3721 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 147DEG 18KT 3733 10028
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
972 
WWUS53 KDDC 022305
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
605 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSC069-119-022345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120402T2345Z/
MEADE KS-GRAY KS-
605 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GRAY
AND NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF MEADE...
AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTEZUMA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN GRAY 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 3753 10066 3753 10065 3773 10033 3735 10020
      3728 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 147DEG 18KT 3737 10031
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman43 min
Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness45 min
Apr 2, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness27 min
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade49 min
Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego40 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.