Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 4:35 PM CST for Edwards County, Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:41 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Dodge City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WUUS53 KDDC 102235 SVRDDC KSC047-057-083-102315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0186.121110T2235Z-121110T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 430 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY... WRIGHT... SPEARVILLE... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS 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 3813 9995 3781 9942 3751 10005 3769 10021 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 226DEG 58KT 3771 10003 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
172 WWUS53 KDDC 102253 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 453 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 KSC047-057-083-102315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-121110T2315Z/ HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 453 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST... AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARVILLE... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. AT 441 PM CST...AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN DODGE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3813 9995 3781 9942 3751 10005 3769 10021 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 222DEG 47KT 3786 9979 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:24 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 27 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.