Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 24, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 24, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Se Johnson City, KS | THE WIND WAS ALSO ESTIMATED TO BE GUSTING TO 40 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
869
WUUS53 KDDC 242041
SVRDDC
KSC129-187-242115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0165.120824T2041Z-120824T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
341 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
EASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 340 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 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MANTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANTER...
JOHNSON CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STANTON AND NORTHERN MORTON 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 3774 10183 3774 10179 3767 10154 3733 10172
3739 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 199DEG 12KT 3745 10179
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH1 follow-up statement
774
WWUS53 KDDC 242059
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012
KSC129-242108-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120824T2115Z/
MORTON KS-
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3769 10180 3762 10157 3739 10169 3739 10180
3742 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 199DEG 12KT 3750 10177
$$
KSC187-242115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120824T2115Z/
STANTON KS-
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
STANTON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 354 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSON CITY...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL STANTON 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 3769 10180 3762 10157 3739 10169 3739 10180
3742 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 199DEG 12KT 3750 10177
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 6 days |
| Aug 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Meade | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Meade | 47 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.