Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 29, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 29, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 4 Sw Ensign, KS | DIME SIZE HAIL AS WELL |
| Apr 29, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Ensign, KS | |
| Apr 29, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 Sw Dodge 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 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 4 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
- 439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
447 WUUS53 KDDC 300028 SVRDDC KSC057-069-300115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0047.120430T0028Z-120430T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...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 NEAR CIMARRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CIMARRON... ENSIGN... HOWELL... DODGE CITY... FT. DODGE... WRIGHT... SPEARVILLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRAY AND FORD COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REPLACES AND EXPANDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR GRAY 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 3790 9959 3747 9959 3749 10030 3790 10048 TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 270DEG 27KT 3778 10027 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
220 WWUS53 KDDC 300056 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 756 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 KSC057-069-300115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120430T0115Z/ GRAY KS-FORD KS- 756 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENSIGN... DODGE CITY... FT. DODGE... BLOOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3790 10029 3790 9959 3747 9959 3749 10030 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 285DEG 29KT 3762 10012 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
083 WWUS53 KDDC 300112 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 812 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 KSC057-069-300122- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120430T0115Z/ GRAY KS-FORD KS- 812 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 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 SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3790 10029 3790 9959 3747 9959 3749 10030 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 285DEG 29KT 3759 9996 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 32 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.