Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:07 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Sse Fowler, KS | |
| Apr 14, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Nw Englewood, KS | |
| Apr 14, 7:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Sw Minneola, KS | GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Apr 14, 7:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 Nw Englewood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 2712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 30.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652 WUUS53 KDDC 150007 SVRDDC KSC025-119-150045- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0027.120415T0007Z-120415T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 707 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 705 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 7 MILES WEST OF ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENGLEWOOD... FOWLER... CLARK STATE LAKE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3746 10034 3746 9966 3701 9996 3701 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 209DEG 42KT 3705 10010 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
3 follow-up statements
444 WWUS53 KDDC 150026 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC025-119-150045- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120415T0045Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 726 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACRES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER... CLARK STATE LAKE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3746 10034 3746 9966 3701 9996 3701 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 206DEG 55KT 3728 9995 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ RUSSELL
051 WWUS53 KDDC 150037 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 737 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC025-119-150045- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120415T0045Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 737 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MEADE AT 710 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER... MINNEOLA... CLARK STATE LAKE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3746 10034 3746 9966 3701 9996 3701 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 210DEG 64KT 3728 9992 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
453 WWUS53 KDDC 150046 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 746 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC025-119-150054- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120415T0045Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 746 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3746 10034 3746 9966 3701 9996 3701 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 210DEG 64KT 3742 9982 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Meade | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 17 hr |
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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.