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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 26, 6:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	5 Se Ransom, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 1590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 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.

791 
WUUS53 KDDC 262255
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-262345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0085.120526T2255Z-120526T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 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...
  SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NESS CITY...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NESS CITY...
  RANSOM...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...SOUTHERN
  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 3887 10015 3879 9946 3835 9976 3839 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 193DEG 54KT 3847 9985
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

3 follow-up statements

199 
WWUS53 KDDC 262310
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

KSC051-262320-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120526T2345Z/
ELLIS KS-
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3881 9960 3871 9960 3849 9972 3854 9991
      3885 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 193DEG 54KT 3869 9978

$$

KSC135-195-262345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120526T2345Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NESS AND SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNELL...AND MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHERN TREGO
  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 3881 9960 3871 9960 3849 9972 3854 9991
      3885 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 193DEG 54KT 3869 9978
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

550 
WWUS53 KDDC 262325
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

KSC135-262335-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120526T2345Z/
NESS KS-
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3883 9980 3883 9979 3881 9963 3870 9965
      3869 9976 3870 9988 3884 9995 3884 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 193DEG 54KT 3891 9971

$$

KSC195-262345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120526T2345Z/
TREGO KS-
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN TREGO 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 3883 9980 3883 9979 3881 9963 3870 9965
      3869 9976 3870 9988 3884 9995 3884 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 193DEG 54KT 3891 9971
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

498 
WWUS53 KDDC 262335
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
635 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

KSC195-262345-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120526T2345Z/
TREGO KS-
635 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3883 9980 3883 9979 3881 9963 3870 9965
      3869 9976 3870 9988 3884 9995 3884 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 193DEG 54KT 3906 9967

$$

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, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	28 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.