Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 8:18 PM CDT for Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Se Kismet, KS | |
| Mar 18, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Sse Plains City, KS | |
| Mar 18, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Sw Meade State Park, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 190118
SVRDDC
KSC081-119-175-190145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0003.120319T0118Z-120319T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
818 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
EASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYNE...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KISMET...
PLAINS CITY...
MISSLER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL AND
WESTERN MEADE 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 3750 10069 3749 10065 3747 10065 3748 10062
3735 10027 3699 10053 3700 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 199DEG 39KT 3706 10064
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH1 follow-up statement
122
WWUS53 KDDC 190141
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
841 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
KSC081-119-175-190151-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120319T0145Z/
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
841 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL...WESTERN
MEADE AND EASTERN SEWARD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM
MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3750 10069 3749 10065 3747 10065 3748 10062
3735 10027 3699 10053 3700 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 199DEG 39KT 3732 10053
$$
42The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 4:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 51 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.