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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2012Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 6:11 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 29, 5:31 PM CDTHAIL 16 Wnw Acres, KS
May 29, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.7513 Sw Ashland, 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 29, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
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.

383 
WUUS53 KDDC 292230
SVRDDC
KSC025-292330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0099.120529T2230Z-120529T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACRES...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ENGLEWOOD...
  ACRES...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK 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 3716 9967 3708 9973 3701 9986 3704 10008
      3724 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 294DEG 12KT 3719 10003
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
850 
WWUS53 KDDC 292247
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-292330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120529T2330Z/
CLARK KS-
547 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLARK
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ACRES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ACRES...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK 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 3706 10005 3718 10005 3716 9967 3708 9973
      3701 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 294DEG 12KT 3710 9994
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

SUGDEN
333 
WWUS53 KDDC 292311
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-292322-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120529T2330Z/
CLARK KS-
611 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3706 10005 3718 10005 3716 9967 3708 9973
      3701 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 294DEG 12KT 3707 9985

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade56 min
May 29, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade64 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade56 min
May 29, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark35 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche47 min

Nearby

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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.