Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2012, 12:45 AM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466
WUUS53 KDDC 080645
SVRDDC
KSC007-080715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.120308T0645Z-120308T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1245 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AETNA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CITY...
MEDICINE LODGE...
ISABEL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER 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 3710 9887 3725 9900 3747 9865 3747 9846
3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 231DEG 49KT 3724 9883
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
818
WWUS53 KDDC 080706
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
106 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012
KSC007-080716-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0715Z/
BARBER KS-
106 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 AM CST/1215 AM MST/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.
LAT...LON 3710 9887 3725 9900 3747 9865 3747 9846
3739 9846 3739 9835 3738 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 231DEG 49KT 3742 9855
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 2:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.