Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 25, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 25, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Coldwater, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WUUS53 KDDC 260034 SVRDDC KSC007-033-097-260115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0181.120926T0034Z-120926T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 734 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE COLDWATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER... WILMORE... BELVIDERE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND NORTHWESTERN BARBER 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 3766 9922 3735 9892 3723 9939 3734 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 234DEG 15KT 3732 9939 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
145
WWUS53 KDDC 260052
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC007-260102-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
BARBER KS-
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 234DEG 15KT 3736 9931
$$
KSC033-097-260115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
752 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILMORE...
BELVIDERE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA
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 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 234DEG 15KT 3736 9931
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH710
WWUS53 KDDC 260109
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
KSC033-097-260119-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120926T0115Z/
KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS-
809 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3738 9945 3763 9920 3759 9915 3744 9901
3740 9901 3727 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 234DEG 15KT 3740 9924
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.