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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2012Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2012, 7:25 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
May 25, 2012, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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
May 25, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

991 
WUUS53 KDDC 260025
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-260115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0076.120526T0025Z-120526T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP
  TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHOENCHEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCHOENCHEN...
  PFEIFER...
  TOULON...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN RUSH 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 3905 9903 3875 9904 3866 9924 3873 9938
      3913 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 234DEG 19KT 3872 9927
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

WAH
2 follow-up statements
588 
WWUS53 KDDC 260050
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
750 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC165-260100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120526T0115Z/
RUSH KS-
750 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL RUSH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3905 9903 3875 9903 3870 9915 3870 9921
      3876 9929 3908 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 234DEG 19KT 3880 9913

$$

KSC051-260115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120526T0115Z/
ELLIS KS-
750 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 748 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 VICTORIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PFEIFER...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS 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 3905 9903 3875 9903 3870 9915 3870 9921
      3876 9929 3908 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 234DEG 19KT 3880 9913
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

WAH
544 
WWUS53 KDDC 260111
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC051-260121-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120526T0115Z/
ELLIS KS-
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3905 9903 3875 9903 3870 9915 3870 9921
      3876 9929 3908 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 234DEG 19KT 3886 9901

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush51 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Rush23 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush31 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush49 min
May 25, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush34 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
May 25, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush37 min
May 25, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush14 min
May 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis28 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade43 min
May 26, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness44 min
May 26, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness50 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego50 min
May 26, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Kearny, Stevens59 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.