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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2012Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 6:38 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2012, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1590 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
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

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The text

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

573 
WUUS53 KDDC 262338
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-270000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0087.120526T2338Z-120527T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ELLIS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN 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 3893 9947 3899 9964 3914 9961 3914 9939
      3913 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 196DEG 44KT 3905 9954
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
806 
WWUS53 KDDC 262351
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-195-270001-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120527T0000Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
651 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND
NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES 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 3893 9947 3899 9964 3914 9961 3914 9939
      3913 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 196DEG 44KT 3919 9949

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
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

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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.