Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 27, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Lakin, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 2066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323
WUUS53 KDDC 280130
SVRDDC
KSC093-280200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0043.120428T0130Z-120428T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
830 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENDALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKIN...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON AND SOUTHWEST KEARNY 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 3795 10113 3775 10110 3774 10140 3783 10154
3806 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 295DEG 36KT 3792 10142
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
181 follow-up statement
869
WWUS53 KDDC 280140
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
840 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
KSC093-280200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120428T0200Z/
KEARNY KS-
840 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
AT 822 PM EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST
OF LAKIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKIN...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 10113 3775 10110 3774 10140 3783 10154
3806 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 292DEG 36KT 3788 10130
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 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.