Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 1:10 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 3, 2012, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
312
WUUS53 KDDC 030610
SVRDDC
KSC007-030700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0124.120603T0610Z-120603T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
110 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDTNER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDTNER...
MEDICINE LODGE...
KIOWA...
HAZELTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER 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 3699 9835 3699 9887 3725 9897 3744 9846
3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 267DEG 21KT 3703 9866
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
695
WWUS53 KDDC 030630
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
130 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
KSC007-030700-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-120603T0700Z/
BARBER KS-
130 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BARBER
COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIOWA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIOWA...
HAZELTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 9835 3700 9862 3732 9879 3744 9846
3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 267DEG 21KT 3704 9851
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN
$$
KRUSE301
WWUS53 KDDC 030654
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
154 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
KSC007-030704-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-120603T0700Z/
BARBER KS-
154 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT/100 AM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3699 9835 3700 9862 3732 9879 3744 9846
3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 267DEG 21KT 3705 9833
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.