Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:41 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 2, 5:55 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 19 Nw Syracuse, KS |
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 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833
WUUS53 KDDC 022341
SVRDDC
KSC075-030030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0122.120602T2341Z-120603T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
541 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLLY...OR 6 MILES WEST OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE...
SYRACUSE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
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 3820 10205 3826 10205 3827 10204 3827 10158
3789 10156 3785 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 258DEG 34KT 3807 10211
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
308
WWUS53 KDDC 030002
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
602 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
KSC075-030030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-120603T0030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
602 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE...
SYRACUSE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10205 3826 10205 3827 10204 3827 10158
3789 10156 3785 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 272DEG 31KT 3796 10185
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
18473
WWUS53 KDDC 030028
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012
KSC075-030037-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-120603T0030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER WINDS GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
LAT...LON 3820 10205 3826 10205 3827 10204 3827 10158
3789 10156 3785 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 285DEG 33KT 3792 10175 3770 10184
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 55 min |
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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.