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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 2012Stafford County, Kansas

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.

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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
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, 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.

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°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.

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

$$

FINCH
2 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.

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, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford34 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber23 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.