Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2013, 6:26 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 29, 2013, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 13 N Johnson City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898
WUUS53 KDDC 300026
SVRDDC
KSC075-300115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.130330T0026Z-130330T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM MDT FRI MAR 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 623 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 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 CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO
LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYRACUSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 10154 3774 10155 3774 10175 3793 10203
3808 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 307DEG 19KT 3792 10182
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRJ1 follow-up statement
867
WWUS53 KDDC 300041
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
741 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013
KSC075-300115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130330T0115Z/
HAMILTON KS-
641 PM MDT FRI MAR 29 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
AT 637 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE
CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3798 10181 3774 10155 3774 10175 3793 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 344DEG 12KT 3787 10185
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 67 min |
| Mar 29, 10:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 11:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 11:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 12:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 12:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 12:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 1:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 1:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 3:45 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 5 hr |
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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.