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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2012Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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 29, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 29, 4:59 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 S Fowler, KS
May 29, 5:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Wnw Acres, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 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.

768 
WUUS53 KDDC 292141
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-292245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0097.120529T2141Z-120529T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED  
  5 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOWLER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3736 9981 3716 9985 3710 10001 3725 10032
      3741 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 288DEG 13KT 3730 10016
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

4 follow-up statements

391 
WWUS53 KDDC 292152
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
452 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-119-292245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
452 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CLARK
AND EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 445 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MEADE. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOWLER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3736 9981 3716 9985 3710 10001 3725 10032
      3741 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 288DEG 13KT 3729 10012
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

869 
WWUS53 KDDC 292158
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-119-292245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CLARK
AND EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOWLER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3736 9981 3716 9985 3710 10001 3725 10032
      3741 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 299DEG 17KT 3726 10015
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

803 
WWUS53 KDDC 292205
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-119-292245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CLARK AND EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3733 9983 3716 9985 3712 9999 3723 10025
      3734 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 295DEG 18KT 3725 10013
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN

998 
WWUS53 KDDC 292240
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSC025-119-292250-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/
MEADE KS-CLARK KS-
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND EAST
CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3733 9983 3716 9985 3712 9999 3723 10025
      3734 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 295DEG 18KT 3718 9994

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	56 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	56 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	41 min
May 29, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	35 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	47 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.