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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 21, 2012Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 21, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 21, 7:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Johnson City, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

876 
WUUS53 KDDC 220053
SVRDDC
KSC187-220145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0070.120522T0053Z-120522T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
753 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS           
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5   
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY...
  BIG BOW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STANTON 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 3751 10153 3739 10153 3739 10181 3759 10180
      3768 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 322DEG 5KT 3753 10167
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

3 follow-up statements

140 
WWUS53 KDDC 220100
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

KSC187-220145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120522T0145Z/
STANTON KS-
800 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
STANTON COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.


EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN JOHNSON AT 757 
PM CDT. 


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY...
  BIG BOW...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STANTON 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 3751 10153 3739 10153 3739 10181 3759 10180
      3768 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 322DEG 5KT 3752 10166
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

785 
WWUS53 KDDC 220117
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
817 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

KSC187-220145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120522T0145Z/
STANTON KS-
817 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
STANTON COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 814 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN JOHNSON.  THIS STORM WAS NOW 
CENTERED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOHNSON CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STANTON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! HAIL OF 2 
INCHES IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. 

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 3751 10153 3739 10153 3739 10181 3759 10180
      3768 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 341DEG 14KT 3745 10170
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

926 
WWUS53 KDDC 220140
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
840 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

KSC187-220147-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120522T0145Z/
STANTON KS-
840 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STANTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND PEA HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3751 10153 3739 10153 3739 10181 3759 10180
      3768 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 341DEG 14KT 3737 10166

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	40 min
May 21, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	52 min
May 21, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	21 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.