Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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
- Sep 6, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Sw Pendennis, KS | |
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sw Pendennis, KS | |
| Sep 6, 5:38 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 6 Ese Pendennis, KS | MOST HAIL WAS BETWEEN PING PONG TO GOLF BALL IN SIZE WITH ONLY A FEW HEN EGG TO TENNIS BALL IN SIZE. |
| Sep 6, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Se Pendennis, KS | |
| Sep 6, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Ese Pendennis, KS | |
| Sep 6, 5:51 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Ssw Utica, KS | |
| Sep 6, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 S Arnold, KS | |
| Sep 6, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Wnw Ness City, KS | MOSTLY SMALLER HAIL BUT A FEW PING PONG TO GOLF BALL IN SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
043 WUUS53 KDDC 062224 SVRDDC KSC101-135-062315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0169.120906T2224Z-120906T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 524 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENDENNIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PENDENNIS... UTICA... ARNOLD... RANSOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS 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 3869 9982 3841 10000 3853 10042 3871 10041 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 275DEG 29KT 3864 10025 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
123 WWUS53 KDDC 062245 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 545 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC101-135-062315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-120906T2315Z/ NESS KS-LANE KS- 545 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UTICA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... UTICA... ARNOLD... RANSOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS EXTIMATED AROUND 60 MPH WERE REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF PENDENNIS AT 536 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3869 9982 3841 10000 3853 10042 3871 10041 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 277DEG 32KT 3859 10013 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN $$ RUSSELL
352 WWUS53 KDDC 062255 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 555 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC101-062304- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-120906T2315Z/ LANE KS- 555 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE OPUTFLOW FROM THIS STROMG THROUGH 615 PM. LAT...LON 3848 10024 3869 10024 3869 9982 3841 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 275DEG 31KT 3857 10000 $$ KSC135-062315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-120906T2315Z/ NESS KS- 555 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNOLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARNOLD... RANSOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3848 10024 3869 10024 3869 9982 3841 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 275DEG 31KT 3857 10000 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.50IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 9:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.