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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2014Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2014, 12:10 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 12, 2014, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2014, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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
Jun 12, 12:24 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Hardtner, KS	2-3 INCH LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN. SMALL LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN MEDICINE LODGE.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

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

059 
WUUS53 KDDC 120510
SVRDDC
KSC007-120545-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.140612T0510Z-140612T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1210 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1207 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NASHVILLE TO 6 MILES WEST OF CAPRON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHARON...KIOWA AND HAZELTON.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR BARBER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9835 3700 9875 3747 9848 3747 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 278DEG 31KT 3750 9835 3689 9865

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

757 
WWUS53 KDDC 120540
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

KSC007-120550-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140612T0545Z/
BARBER KS-
1240 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT/1145 PM MDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3699 9835 3700 9875 3747 9848 3747 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 278DEG 31KT 3745 9803 3684 9834

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	54 min
Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	64 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	62 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	62 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	4 hr
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	60 min
Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	45 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Rush	51 min
Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	40 min
Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	64 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 9 more	5 hr
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more	62 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	12 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.