Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 7:16 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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 26, 2012, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 26, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 10 Nw Elkhart, KS | |
| Sep 26, 7:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 5 Nne Elkhart, KS | |
| Sep 26, 7:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nnw Elkhart, 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 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490
WUUS53 KDDC 270016
SVRDDC
KSC129-270100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0182.120927T0016Z-120927T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
716 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 714 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 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKHART...
WILBURTON...
ROLLA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MORTON 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 3707 10205 3726 10205 3726 10157 3699 10162
3699 10203 3700 10205 3706 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 281DEG 20KT 3711 10200
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
950
WWUS53 KDDC 270049
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
749 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
KSC129-270100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120927T0100Z/
MORTON KS-
749 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MORTON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ELKHART...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKHART...
WILBURTON...
ROLLA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MORTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 10205 3719 10158 3699 10162 3699 10203
3700 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 284DEG 29KT 3698 10185
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 41 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.