Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 6:24 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 6, 2012, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
448 WUUS53 KDDC 062324 SVRDDC KSC057-069-070015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0171.120906T2324Z-120907T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 624 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ENSIGN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENSIGN... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD 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 3769 10006 3748 10008 3761 10035 3773 10033 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 271DEG 28KT 3764 10017 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
751 WWUS53 KDDC 062340 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 640 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC057-069-070015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-120907T0015Z/ GRAY KS-FORD KS- 640 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENSIGN... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3771 10023 3769 10006 3748 10008 3757 10027 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 286DEG 27KT 3760 10012 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ RUSSELL
041 WWUS53 KDDC 062359 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC069-070008- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-120907T0015Z/ GRAY KS- 659 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3757 10021 3770 10021 3769 10006 3748 10008 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 287DEG 26KT 3758 10006 $$ KSC057-070015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-120907T0015Z/ FORD KS- 659 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3757 10021 3770 10021 3769 10006 3748 10008 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 287DEG 26KT 3758 10006 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ 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, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 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, 6:49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.