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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 20124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 6 reports 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 27, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ene Brownell, KS
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 15 Nw Mccracken, KS
May 27, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 19 E Cedar Bluff, KS
May 27, 6:32 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Ese Ellis, KS
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 18 W Antonino, KS
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.258 W Antonino, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2012-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
381 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.

803 
WUUS53 KDDC 272305
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-272345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0089.120527T2305Z-120527T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE 
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS      
  LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAZINE...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RIGA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH 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 3903 9983 3885 9925 3839 9966 3843 9989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 199DEG 34KT 3848 9977
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH
2 follow-up statements
294 
WWUS53 KDDC 272314
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

KSC051-135-165-195-272345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120527T2345Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-ELLIS KS-
614 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ELLIS...NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND EASTERN TREGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAZINE...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RIGA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH 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 3903 9983 3885 9925 3839 9966 3843 9989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 199DEG 34KT 3855 9974
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

WAH
096 
WWUS53 KDDC 272332
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

KSC051-135-165-195-272345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120527T2345Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-ELLIS KS-
632 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ELLIS...NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RIGA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...
  SOUTHEASTERN 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 3900 9974 3885 9925 3870 9938 3854 9961
      3857 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 199DEG 34KT 3872 9966
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens48 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens61 min
May 26, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Scott47 min
May 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Scott35 min
May 26, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens48 min
May 26, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens41 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Lane, Meade, Scott, Seward49 min
May 27, 1:41 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCScott79 min
May 27, 4:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more13 hr
May 27, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord29 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush50 min
May 27, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego47 min
May 27, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego32 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.