Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2012, 8:51 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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 27, 2012, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 S Deerfield, KS | |
| Apr 27, 9:18 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sse Plymell, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
086 WUUS53 KDDC 280151 SVRDDC KSC055-067-069-081-093-280230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0044.120428T0151Z-120428T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 851 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKIN... HOLCOMB... GARDEN CITY... PLYMELL... PIERCEVILLE... CHARLESTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRANT...NORTHERN HASKELL... NORTHWESTERN GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3797 10044 3751 10069 3777 10139 3805 10136 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 292DEG 36KT 3783 10115 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
640 WWUS53 KDDC 280213 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC067-093-280223- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120428T0230Z/ KEARNY KS-GRANT KS- 913 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3772 10108 3802 10104 3797 10044 3751 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 292DEG 36KT 3782 10091 $$ KSC055-069-081-280230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120428T0230Z/ HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 913 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLYMELL... PIERCEVILLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY 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 3772 10108 3802 10104 3797 10044 3751 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 292DEG 36KT 3782 10091 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
857 WWUS53 KDDC 280229 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 929 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSC055-069-081-280239- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120428T0230Z/ HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 929 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY... NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER WIND GUST UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3772 10108 3802 10104 3797 10044 3751 10069 TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 292DEG 36KT 3776 10072 $$ 18
The 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, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.