Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
618 WUUS53 KDDC 012221 SVRDDC KSC025-119-012300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0121.120601T2221Z-120601T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 521 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 276DEG 23KT 3701 10042 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
114 WWUS53 KDDC 012230 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 530 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 KSC025-119-012300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120601T2300Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 530 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 520 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEADE STATE PARK BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 276DEG 23KT 3700 10036 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
283 WWUS53 KDDC 012256 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 556 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 KSC025-119-012305- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120601T2300Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 556 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. LAT...LON 3700 10058 3712 10058 3711 10001 3699 10005 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 276DEG 23KT 3698 10015 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
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.