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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844
WUUS53 KDDC 192128
SVRDDC
KSC185-192200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0068.120519T2128Z-120519T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
428 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 423 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 EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZENITH...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3786 9847 3787 9857 3804 9858 3809 9847
3807 9846 3787 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 252DEG 24KT 3800 9847
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
765 WWUS53 KDDC 192145 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 445 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 KSC185-192200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120519T2200Z/ STAFFORD KS- 445 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ZENITH... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3786 9847 3787 9849 3795 9849 3795 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 252DEG 24KT 3789 9844 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ FINCH
319 WWUS53 KDDC 192150 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 450 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 KSC185-192159- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120519T2200Z/ STAFFORD KS- 450 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3786 9847 3787 9849 3795 9849 3795 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 252DEG 24KT 3790 9841 $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 23 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.