Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 8:09 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 26, 2012, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Sse Rolla, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
516
WUUS53 KDDC 270109
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-270200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0183.120927T0109Z-120927T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROLLA...
FETERITA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHERN STEVENS
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 3699 10176 3700 10177 3717 10173 3716 10114
3699 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 279DEG 23KT 3705 10164
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
654 WWUS53 KDDC 270140 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 840 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 KSC129-189-270200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-120927T0200Z/ STEVENS KS-MORTON KS- 840 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FETERITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FETERITA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3699 10169 3717 10166 3714 10119 3699 10123 TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 280DEG 23KT 3703 10144 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ GERARD
774 WWUS53 KDDC 270154 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 854 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 KSC129-189-270202- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-120927T0200Z/ STEVENS KS-MORTON KS- 854 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 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 HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3699 10169 3717 10166 3714 10119 3699 10123 TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 280DEG 23KT 3702 10135 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.