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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2012, 6:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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 25, 2012, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 25, 7:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Hargrave, KS | |
| May 25, 7:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 E Ness City, KS | |
| May 25, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Bazine, KS | |
| May 25, 7:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Mccracken, KS | |
| May 25, 7:51 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Alexander, KS | |
| May 25, 7:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nnw Bazine, 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 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 982 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685 WUUS53 KDDC 252359 SVRDDC KSC051-135-165-195-260045- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0075.120525T2359Z-120526T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 657 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 BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAZINE... ALEXANDER... BROWNELL... MCCRACKEN... HARGRAVE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH... SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS 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 3882 9967 3862 9931 3830 9972 3837 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 214DEG 33KT 3840 9977 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN $$ WAH
1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 260012
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
KSC051-135-165-195-260045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120526T0045Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-ELLIS KS-
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ELLIS...NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAZINE...
ALEXANDER...
MCCRACKEN...
HARGRAVE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3837 9966 3841 9980 3878 9964 3862 9931
3853 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 214DEG 33KT 3850 9968
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 29 hr |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 10 min |
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 6 min |
| May 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 45 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.