Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 7:44 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WUUS53 KDDC 070044 SVRDDC KSC025-057-097-070130- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0176.120907T0044Z-120907T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 744 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 739 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 NEAR KINGSDOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINGSDOWN... BUCKLIN... MULLINVILLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE AT 730 PM. 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 3759 9939 3732 9959 3748 9991 3763 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 279DEG 24KT 3752 9972 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
662 WWUS53 KDDC 070126 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 826 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC025-057-097-070136- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120907T0130Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-FORD KS- 826 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD... NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3759 9939 3732 9959 3748 9991 3763 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 279DEG 24KT 3748 9937 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 53 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.