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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 9, 2013Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2013-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
98 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

868 
WUUS53 KDDC 100042
SVRDDC
KSC007-097-151-100130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.130410T0042Z-130410T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
742 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELVIDERE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROFT...HAVILAND...WELLSFORD...CULLISON...PRATT AND HOPEWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 9867 3738 9900 3739 9913 3742 9920
      3774 9905 3774 9901 3783 9901 3782 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 207DEG 32KT 3746 9909

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
493 
WWUS53 KDDC 100100
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

KSC007-097-151-100130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130410T0130Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-
800 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BARBER...EASTERN KIOWA AND WESTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLSFORD...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CULLISON...PRATT AND HOPEWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 9867 3738 9900 3739 9913 3742 9920
      3774 9905 3774 9901 3783 9901 3782 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 207DEG 32KT 3760 9900

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

FINCH
312 
WWUS53 KDDC 100128
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
828 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

KSC007-097-151-100138-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130410T0130Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-
828 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER...EASTERN
KIOWA AND WESTERN PRATT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 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 3769 9867 3738 9900 3739 9913 3742 9920
      3774 9905 3774 9901 3783 9901 3782 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 207DEG 32KT 3782 9886

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford45 min
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford50 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford49 min
Apr 9, 11:45 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford10 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.