Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 9:06 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nnw Pierceville, KS | WINDS ESTIMATE 55-60 MPH |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WUUS53 KDDC 260206 SVRDDC KSC055-069-260245- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0150.120726T0206Z-120726T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 906 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIERCEVILLE... CHARLESTON... INGALLS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY AND SOUTHERN FINNEY 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 3801 10033 3775 10032 3775 10075 3801 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 265DEG 11KT 3793 10064 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
185 WWUS53 KDDC 260225 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 925 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSC055-069-260245- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-120726T0245Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 925 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 901 PM CDT...GARDEN CITY AIRPORT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON... INGALLS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRAY AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3801 10033 3775 10032 3775 10075 3801 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 265DEG 11KT 3793 10057 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ SUGDEN
928 WWUS53 KDDC 260239 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 939 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSC055-069-260250- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-120726T0245Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 939 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT/845 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3801 10033 3775 10032 3775 10075 3801 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 265DEG 11KT 3793 10051 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 42 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.