Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 9:32 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 6 reports 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 10:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Minneola, KS | TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A ROOF WAS POSSIBLY TORN OFF A BUILDING NEAR 118 WRANGLER ROAD. TIME UNCERTAIN AND ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 3, 9:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 N Bloom, KS | NUMEROUS LIMBS 8-9 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN. A POWER LINE WAS BLOWN LOOSE FROM A BUILDING, AND A PICKUP WAS DAMAGED BY LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. |
| Aug 3, 9:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 9 Nnw Bloom, KS | |
| Aug 3, 9:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 Nnw Bloom, KS | |
| Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Bloom, KS | WINDS ESTIMATED AT NEAR 100 MPH BLEW A 20 FOOT FEATHERLITE STOCK TRAILER OVER, TIPPED OVER GRAIN CARTS AND UPROOTED A TREE 2.5 TO 3 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE. |
| Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Bloom, KS | SEVERAL CAMPERS WERE BLOWN OVER IN BLOOM, AND AT LEAST TWO SEMI TRAILERS WERE BLOWN OVER ALONG HIGHWAY 54 EAST OF BLOOM. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964 WUUS53 KDDC 040232 SVRDDC KSC057-040330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0158.120804T0232Z-120804T0330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 932 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 928 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 10 MILES NORTH OF MINNEOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOM... KINGSDOWN... FORD... BUCKLIN... WINDHORST... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN FORD 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 3781 9958 3747 9956 3748 10011 3769 10014 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 246DEG 24KT 3759 10000 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
387 WWUS53 KDDC 040259 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 959 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 KSC057-040330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120804T0330Z/ FORD KS- 959 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF WINDHORST...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FORD... WINDHORST... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3748 9989 3772 9998 3781 9958 3747 9956 TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 246DEG 24KT 3770 9962 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
347
WWUS53 KDDC 040309
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1009 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
KSC057-040330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120804T0330Z/
FORD KS-
1009 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FORD COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 1006 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 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDHORST...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDHORST...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN FORD 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 3747 9959 3747 9960 3777 9973 3781 9958
3747 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 246DEG 24KT 3773 9954
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
KRUSE183
WWUS53 KDDC 040317
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1017 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
KSC057-040327-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120804T0330Z/
FORD KS-
1017 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3747 9959 3747 9960 3777 9973 3781 9958
3747 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 246DEG 24KT 3775 9948
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 7 more | 101 min |
| Aug 4, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 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.