Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Sep 4, 2012, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 042141
SVRDDC
KSC195-042230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0166.120904T2141Z-120904T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS OVER
SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLLYER...
VODA...
WAKEENEY...
WAKEENEY...
OGALLAH...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO 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 3912 9961 3910 9962 3896 9970 3898 10015
3913 10015 3914 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 286DEG 32KT 3911 10019
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 042157
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
457 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012
KSC195-042230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120904T2230Z/
TREGO KS-
457 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TREGO
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLYER...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 64 MPH WERE REPORTED AT QUINTER A 448 PM.
THE STORM HAS A SUSTAINED HISTORY OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS OVER THE LAST
HOUR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLLYER...
VODA...
WAKEENEY...
OGALLAH...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3912 9961 3910 9962 3896 9970 3898 10015
3913 10015 3914 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 282DEG 37KT 3907 10010
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN
$$
RUSSELL646
WWUS53 KDDC 042225
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
525 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012
KSC195-042234-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120904T2230Z/
TREGO KS-
525 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
STILL EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM THROUGH 545 PM.
LAT...LON 3912 9961 3910 9962 3896 9970 3898 10015
3913 10015 3914 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 282DEG 37KT 3901 9972
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 30 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.