Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 8:17 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 58 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, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 9 S Jetmore, KS | VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING DUST. |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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.
423 WUUS53 KDDC 150117 SVRDDC KSC025-047-057-069-083-119-145-150215- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0140.120615T0117Z-120615T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 817 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF HANSTON TO MEADE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY... HANSTON... FT. DODGE... WRIGHT... GRAY... SPEARVILLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND WESTERN PAWNEE 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 3825 9927 3721 9991 3735 10036 3826 9977 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 299DEG 10KT 3824 9975 3734 10033 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
528
WWUS53 KDDC 150139
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC069-150149-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
GRAY KS-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 299DEG 10KT 3820 9960 3731 10015
$$
KSC025-047-057-083-119-145-150215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
PAWNEE KS-MEADE KS-HODGEMAN KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD...
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
CDT...
AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAY TO FOWLER...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRIGHT...
SPEARVILLE...
BURDETT...
BELLEFONT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE...NORTHWESTERN
CLARK...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN
PAWNEE 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 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 299DEG 10KT 3820 9960 3731 10015
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
KRUSE187
WWUS53 KDDC 150208
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
908 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSC025-047-057-083-119-145-150218-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120615T0215Z/
PAWNEE KS-MEADE KS-HODGEMAN KS-CLARK KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
908 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK...EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND WEST
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3735 10036 3748 10025 3748 10021 3752 10021
3826 9957 3825 9927 3721 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 299DEG 10KT 3816 9951 3727 10006
$$
KRUSEThe 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, 8:12 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, 8:23 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.