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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2012Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2012, 11:11 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2012, 11:39 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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.

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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 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.

442 
WUUS53 KDDC 260411
SVRDDC
KSC051-260500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0082.120526T0411Z-120526T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1111 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1109 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 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  EMMERAM...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3877 9904 3874 9908 3884 9921 3893 9920
      3906 9904 3905 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 229DEG 14KT 3881 9910
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

WAH

2 follow-up statements

576 
WWUS53 KDDC 260431
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1131 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC051-260500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120526T0500Z/
ELLIS KS-
1131 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1128 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
WALKER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3884 9904 3888 9911 3900 9912 3906 9904
      3905 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 229DEG 14KT 3886 9902
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH

879 
WWUS53 KDDC 260439
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1139 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC051-260449-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120526T0500Z/
ELLIS KS-
1139 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

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 3884 9904 3888 9911 3900 9912 3906 9904
      3905 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 229DEG 14KT 3888 9899

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	50 min
May 25, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	51 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	23 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	31 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush	49 min
May 25, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	34 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	33 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	47 min
May 25, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	26 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	33 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	46 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	37 min
May 25, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	50 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	26 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	14 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	17 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	43 min
May 26, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness	44 min
May 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	50 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	50 min
May 26, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	46 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Kearny, Stevens	59 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	22 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.