Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
791 WUUS53 KDDC 150112 SVRDDC KSC135-195-150200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0138.120615T0112Z-120615T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 812 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 811 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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANSOM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANSOM... BAZINE... BROWNELL... CEDAR BLUFF... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NESS AND SOUTHERN TREGO 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 3895 9964 3830 9962 3828 10016 3862 10015 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 253DEG 18KT 3857 9986 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
505
WWUS53 KDDC 150130
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
830 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC195-150140-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-120615T0200Z/
TREGO KS-
830 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3830 9962 3831 9999 3859 9999 3870 9972
3870 9966 3869 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 253DEG 18KT 3843 9972
$$
KSC135-150200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-120615T0200Z/
NESS KS-
830 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NESS
COUNTY UNTIL 900 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
BAZINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...
BAZINE...
BROWNELL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL NESS 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 3830 9962 3831 9999 3859 9999 3870 9972
3870 9966 3869 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 253DEG 18KT 3843 9972
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JJOHNSON184
WWUS53 KDDC 150145
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC135-150155-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-120615T0200Z/
NESS KS-
845 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3830 9962 3831 9999 3859 9999 3870 9972
3870 9966 3869 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 253DEG 18KT 3845 9963
$$
JJOHNSONThe 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, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 55 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 |
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.