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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 2012Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 3:56 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 8 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
May 19, 2012, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
May 19, 3:59 PM CDTHAIL 17 Sse St. John, KS
May 19, 4:05 PM CDTHAIL 15 E St. John, KS
May 19, 4:07 PM CDTHAIL 1.53 N Stafford, KS
May 19, 4:22 PM CDTHAIL 14 E Stafford, KS
May 19, 4:22 PM CDTHAIL 1N Zenith, KS
May 19, 4:23 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Zenith, KS
May 19, 4:27 PM CDTHAIL 23 E Stafford, KSTHIS TIME WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR DATA.
May 19, 4:31 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 E Stafford, 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
May 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2012-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 750 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 2012-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-566 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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.

695 
WUUS53 KDDC 192056
SVRDDC
KSC185-192130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0067.120519T2056Z-120519T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
356 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
  INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAFFORD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAFFORD...
  ZENITH...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD 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 3782 9871 3794 9878 3812 9848 3808 9846
      3788 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 240DEG 28KT 3791 9868
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
944 
WWUS53 KDDC 192121
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

KSC185-192130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120519T2130Z/
STAFFORD KS-
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZENITH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZENITH...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD 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 3782 9871 3794 9878 3812 9848 3808 9846
      3788 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 240DEG 28KT 3801 9847
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:40 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more5 hr
May 19, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford23 min
May 19, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford48 min
May 19, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford22 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber23 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.