Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 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 20, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 16 Sse Dodge City, KS | THE CALLER REPORTED A MIX OF HAIL SIZES FROM PENNY TO NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE, ALL COMING DOWN MIXED WITH RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WUUS53 KDDC 210052 SVRDDC KSC025-057-210130- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0146.120621T0052Z-120621T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 752 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 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 6 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINGSDOWN... BLOOM... MINNEOLA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN FORD 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 3743 9965 3743 10001 3763 10001 3766 9979 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 351DEG 8KT 3756 9988 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
231
WWUS53 KDDC 210108
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
808 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
KSC025-057-210130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120621T0130Z/
CLARK KS-FORD KS-
808 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
FORD AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 800 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 16 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOM...
KINGSDOWN...
KINGSDOWN...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 9965 3743 10001 3756 9995 3760 9991
3761 9986 3760 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 327DEG 11KT 3752 9987
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
SUGDEN086
WWUS53 KDDC 210127
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
KSC025-057-210137-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120621T0130Z/
CLARK KS-FORD KS-
827 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FORD AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3743 9965 3743 10001 3756 9995 3760 9991
3761 9986 3760 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 327DEG 11KT 3744 9983
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 32 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.