Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2012, 7:50 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 18, 2012, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2012, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 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 18, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Cimarron, KS | AN EMPTY 7,000 GALLON TRUCK TRAILER WAS MOVED 2 FEET. A METAL SHED WAS MOVED 5 FEET. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 50. |
| Aug 18, 8:02 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Cimarron, KS | THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE DESTROYED A SHED AND BROKEN A FEW WINDOWS IN HOMES ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. A 2000 GALLON EMPTY FUEL TANK WAS BLOWN INTO FARM EQUIPMENT ALSO CAUSING THE WINDOWS TO BREAK. |
| Aug 18, 8:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 Nnw Ensign, KS | |
| Aug 18, 8:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dodge City, KS | A 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB WAS DOWNED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. |
| Aug 18, 8:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Dodge City, KS | |
| Aug 18, 8:22 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Dodge City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162
WUUS53 KDDC 181250
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-081-083-181330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0162.120818T1250Z-120818T1330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
750 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 748 AM 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 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KALVESTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALVESTA...
INGALLS...
COPELAND...
CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...
HOWELL...
THE HAGGARD ELEV...
DODGE CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FINNEY...GRAY...HASKELL...NORTHERN FORD AND
SOUTHERN HODGEMAN 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 3798 9966 3765 9978 3748 10096 3803 10104
3825 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 306DEG 31KT 3808 10035
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
KRUSE1 follow-up statement
955
WWUS53 KDDC 181306
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
KSC055-057-069-081-083-181330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-120818T1330Z/
HODGEMAN KS-HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-FORD KS-
806 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FORD...SOUTHERN FINNEY...GRAY...NORTHERN HASKELL AND SOUTHERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...
AT 802 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF KALVESTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
AT 744 AM A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALVESTA...
CIMARRON...
COPELAND...
MONTEZUMA...
HOWELL...
DODGE CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRAY...NORTHERN FORD...NORTHERN HASKELL...
SOUTHERN FINNEY AND SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10020 3798 9966 3765 9978 3748 10096
3798 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 314DEG 31KT 3795 10027
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 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.