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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 7, 2013Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2013, 6:13 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
Apr 7, 2013, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 6:24 PM CDTHAIL 0.8810 Nne Emmeram, 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
Apr 7, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2013-04-07Temperature 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 2013-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 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.

700 
WUUS53 KDDC 072313
SVRDDC
KSC051-072330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.130407T2313Z-130407T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CODELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
           EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3906 9903 3907 9920 3913 9925
      3914 9920 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 260DEG 22KT 3910 9914

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
813 
WWUS53 KDDC 072324
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
624 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC051-072330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130407T2330Z/
ELLIS KS-
624 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NATOMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
         EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3908 9913 3913 9916 3914 9904 3913 9903
      3906 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 260DEG 22KT 3911 9905

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KRUSE
734 
WWUS53 KDDC 072329
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
629 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

KSC051-072339-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130407T2330Z/
ELLIS KS-
629 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT/530 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 3908 9913 3913 9916 3914 9904 3913 9903
      3906 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 260DEG 22KT 3912 9901

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego44 min
Apr 7, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego59 min
Apr 7, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
Apr 7, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush66 min
Apr 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush44 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.