Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 8:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Sw Meade State Park, KS | |
| Mar 18, 9:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Sw Missler, KS | |
| Mar 18, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 7 Ssw The Haggard Elev, KS | THE HAIL WAS MOSTLY SMALLER. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
864
WUUS53 KDDC 190153
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-069-119-175-190230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.120319T0153Z-120319T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
853 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
FORGAN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADE STATE PARK...
MISSLER...
FOWLER...
MONTEZUMA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MEADE...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN
GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD 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 3701 10069 3769 10052 3752 10003 3699 10045
3699 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 200DEG 42KT 3707 10055
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH2 follow-up statements
362 WWUS53 KDDC 190215 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSC175-190225- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120319T0230Z/ SEWARD KS- 915 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3726 10054 3762 10045 3755 10015 3724 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 200DEG 42KT 3732 10043 $$ KSC057-069-119-190230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120319T0230Z/ MEADE KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS- 915 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MISSLER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MISSLER... MONTEZUMA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD 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 3726 10054 3762 10045 3755 10015 3724 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 200DEG 42KT 3732 10043 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ 42
479 WWUS53 KDDC 190232 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 932 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSC057-069-119-190242- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120319T0230Z/ MEADE KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS- 932 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3726 10054 3762 10045 3755 10015 3724 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 200DEG 42KT 3732 10043 $$ 42
The 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, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 50 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 |
Nearby
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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.