Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 8:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Hanston, KS | |
| Sep 6, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S Hanston, KS |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
519 WUUS53 KDDC 070116 SVRDDC KSC047-057-083-145-070200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0178.120907T0116Z-120907T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 816 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 812 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 HANSTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANSTON... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... KINSLEY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE 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 3783 9915 3770 9978 3819 10003 3825 9959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 322DEG 43KT 3808 9973 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
396 WWUS53 KDDC 070135 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 835 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC047-057-083-145-070200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-120907T0200Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 835 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...EDWARDS...EASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BELLEFONT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANSTON... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... KINSLEY... WINDHORST... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. AT 825 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES EAST OF JETMORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3783 9915 3770 9978 3819 10003 3825 9959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 329DEG 26KT 3796 9966 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
315 WWUS53 KDDC 070200 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 KSC047-057-083-145-070210- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-120907T0200Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 900 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...EDWARDS... EASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... 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 3783 9915 3770 9978 3819 10003 3825 9959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 329DEG 26KT 3780 9954 $$ 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.