Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 9:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 18 Ne Ashland, KS | |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 11 S Mullinville, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
086 WUUS53 KDDC 300211 SVRDDC KSC025-033-057-097-300300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0048.120430T0211Z-120430T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 911 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 907 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 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUCKLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER... GREENSBURG... WILMORE... BELVIDERE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 3717 9902 3727 9967 3752 9967 3772 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 265DEG 25KT 3741 9953 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
287 WWUS53 KDDC 300227 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 927 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 KSC025-057-300237- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/ CLARK KS-FORD KS- 927 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3717 9902 3725 9952 3755 9953 3772 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 265DEG 25KT 3742 9939 $$ KSC033-097-300300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/ KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS- 927 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE AND KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 926 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 12 MILES NORTH OF COLDWATER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER... GREENSBURG... WILMORE... BELVIDERE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KIOWA AND NORTHERN COMANCHE 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 3717 9902 3725 9952 3755 9953 3772 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 265DEG 25KT 3742 9939 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
327 WWUS53 KDDC 300245 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 945 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 KSC033-097-300255- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/ KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS- 945 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE AND KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3717 9902 3725 9952 3755 9953 3772 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 265DEG 25KT 3743 9923 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 49 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 |
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.