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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 2012Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

098 
WUUS53 KDDC 022333
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-030015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.120402T2333Z-120403T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  NESS CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS
  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 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 161DEG 19KT 3819 9972
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH
2 follow-up statements
236 
WWUS53 KDDC 022354
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-030015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120403T0015Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
654 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  NESS CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS
  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 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 161DEG 19KT 3829 9977
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
500 
WWUS53 KDDC 030000
SVSDDC

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

KSC083-135-030010-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120403T0015Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
700 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND
SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 161DEG 19KT 3832 9978

$$

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, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade50 min
Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness45 min
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade49 min
Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.