Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 5 reports 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 14, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 14, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Garden City, KS | SIX TO SEVEN POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS REPORTED BLOWN DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | N Garden City, KS | |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Garden City, KS | TWO SEMI TRAILER TRUCKS WERE ROLLED. |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garden City, KS | AN EMPTY TRUCK TRAILOR WAS BLOWN OVER JUST WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON 5TH STREET. |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 N Garden City, 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 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931 WUUS53 KDDC 142350 SVRDDC KSC055-069-150045- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0129.120614T2350Z-120615T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 650 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLCOMB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOLCOMB... GARDEN CITY... PIERCEVILLE... CHARLESTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY 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 3824 10049 3775 10049 3775 10108 3824 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 240DEG 11KT 3795 10094 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
452 WWUS53 KDDC 150020 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC055-069-150045- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 720 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRIEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARDEN CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3784 10050 3790 10094 3824 10094 3824 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 240DEG 11KT 3814 10070 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
061 WWUS53 KDDC 150053 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 753 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC055-069-150103- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 753 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3784 10050 3790 10094 3824 10094 3824 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 240DEG 11KT 3815 10069 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.