Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2012, 5:17 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Nw Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455 WUUS53 KDDC 262317 SVRDDC KSC075-187-270015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.120426T2317Z-120427T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 617 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/ * AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...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 13 MILES NORTH OF BARTLETT...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON 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 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163 3754 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 235DEG 25KT 3761 10221 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
467 WWUS53 KDDC 262334 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 634 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 KSC075-187-270015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120427T0015Z/ STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS- 534 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT/715 PM CDT/... AT 515 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF LYCAN COLORADO...HOWEVER...THE STORM IS ON A WEAKENING TREND AS IT CROSSES THE KANSAS STATE LINE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3756 10204 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 244DEG 21KT 3767 10213 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ SUGDEN
670 WWUS53 KDDC 270014 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 KSC075-187-270023- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120427T0015Z/ STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS- 614 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT/615 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 NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3756 10204 3791 10205 3802 10191 3762 10163 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 244DEG 21KT 3770 10193 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:42 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Wichita | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:13 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 61 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.