Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WUUS53 KDDC 032209 SVRDDC KSC129-187-032300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0152.120803T2209Z-120803T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 509 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIG BOW... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON AND SOUTHERN STANTON 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 3762 10154 3736 10156 3725 10193 3742 10201 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 247DEG 17KT 3737 10186 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
560 WWUS53 KDDC 032222 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 522 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC129-187-032300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120803T2300Z/ STANTON KS-MORTON KS- 522 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BIG BOW... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3728 10185 3746 10189 3762 10154 3736 10156 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 247DEG 17KT 3739 10179 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
027 WWUS53 KDDC 032254 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 554 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC129-187-032304- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120803T2300Z/ STANTON KS-MORTON KS- 554 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT/500 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 3728 10185 3746 10189 3762 10154 3736 10156 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 247DEG 17KT 3745 10161 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 74 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.