Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:50 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 14, 2012, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 14, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wnw Bison, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
930
WUUS53 KDDC 150050
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-150145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0137.120615T0050Z-120615T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
750 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 747 PM CDT...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
HARGRAVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARGRAVE...
LA CROSSE...
LIEBENTHAL...
SCHOENCHEN...
ANTONINO...
SHAFFER...
LORETTA...
OTIS...
PFEIFER...
TOULON...
VICTORIA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS 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 3894 9907 3844 9903 3844 9952 3867 9958
3882 9951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 237DEG 16KT 3862 9940
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JJOHNSON3 follow-up statements
226 WWUS53 KDDC 150105 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 805 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC051-165-150145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-120615T0145Z/ RUSH KS-ELLIS KS- 805 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIEBENTHAL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIEBENTHAL... SCHOENCHEN... ANTONINO... SHAFFER... LORETTA... OTIS... PFEIFER... TOULON... VICTORIA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3859 9945 3882 9951 3894 9907 3844 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 237DEG 16KT 3866 9933 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JJOHNSON
794 WWUS53 KDDC 150127 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 827 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC051-165-150145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-120615T0145Z/ RUSH KS-ELLIS KS- 827 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...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 PFEIFER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNJOR... PFEIFER... TOULON... VICTORIA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS 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 3864 9926 3886 9935 3894 9907 3869 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 237DEG 16KT 3871 9922 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JJOHNSON
751 WWUS53 KDDC 150143 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 843 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSC051-165-150153- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-120615T0145Z/ RUSH KS-ELLIS KS- 843 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3864 9926 3886 9935 3894 9907 3869 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 237DEG 16KT 3875 9914 $$ JJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 13 min |
| Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 8:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 12 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 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.