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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2012Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 6:14 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 6:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	6 N Cedar Bluff, KS	NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

104 
WUUS53 KDDC 262314
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-270000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0086.120526T2314Z-120527T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  TREGO CENTER...
  OGALLAH...
  WAKEENEY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NESS AND 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 3869 9966 3869 9988 3913 10005 3914 10000
      3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 186DEG 39KT 3875 9980
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

2 follow-up statements

788 
WWUS53 KDDC 262332
SVSDDC

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

KSC135-262342-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120527T0000Z/
NESS KS-
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

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

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

LAT...LON 3896 9961 3895 9962 3894 9962 3883 9964
      3887 9987 3913 10005 3914 10000 3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 186DEG 39KT 3894 9977

$$

KSC195-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120527T0000Z/
TREGO KS-
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLAH...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OGALLAH...
  WAKEENEY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN 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 3896 9961 3895 9962 3894 9962 3883 9964
      3887 9987 3913 10005 3914 10000 3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 186DEG 39KT 3894 9977
WIND...HAIL 80MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

210 
WWUS53 KDDC 262352
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-270002-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120527T0000Z/
TREGO KS-
652 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3896 9961 3895 9962 3894 9962 3883 9964
      3887 9987 3913 10005 3914 10000 3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 186DEG 39KT 3916 9974

$$

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, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	50 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.