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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 29, 2013Hamilton County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 7:10 PM MDTHAIL 113 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 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 00:00Z on 2013-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JRJ
1 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

$$

JRJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Mar 29, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton43 min
Mar 29, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton47 min
Mar 29, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens47 min
Mar 29, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego67 min
Mar 29, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego50 min
Mar 29, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego49 min
Mar 29, 11:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis38 min
Mar 30, 12:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush, Trego42 min
Mar 30, 12:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush48 min
Mar 30, 12:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee44 min
Mar 30, 1:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness38 min
Mar 30, 1:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards40 min
Mar 30, 3:45 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more5 hr

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.