Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 5:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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 2, 2012, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 2, 5:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Sw Wright, KS | |
| Apr 2, 5:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Wright, KS | HAIL RANGED FROM PEA SIZED TO QUARTER SIZED. |
| Apr 2, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Wright, KS | REPORT WAS RELAYED BY MEDIA. PING PONG SIZE HAIL IN DITCH NEAR GARNETT ROAD AND US HIGHWAY 283. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Dodge City, KS | THE HAIL RANGED FROM PEA SIZED TO DIME SIZED AND NICKLE SIZED. |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Dodge City, KS | HAIL ESTIMATED FROM PEA SIZE TO DIME SIZED TO NICKLE SIZED. |
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 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 4253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WUUS53 KDDC 022247 SVRDDC KSC055-057-069-083-022330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0005.120402T2247Z-120402T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 547 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY... NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN 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 3803 10032 3815 9997 3777 9982 3768 10002 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 154DEG 20KT 3782 9998 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
574
WWUS53 KDDC 022257
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
557 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC069-022306-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T2330Z/
GRAY KS-
557 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3775 10004 3794 10023 3800 10023 3800 10029
3803 10032 3815 9997 3780 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 154DEG 20KT 3786 10001
$$
KSC055-057-083-022330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T2330Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FINNEY KS-FORD KS-
557 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FORD...EAST CENTRAL FINNEY AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM CDT...
AT 554 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGE CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN FORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN 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 3775 10004 3794 10023 3800 10023 3800 10029
3803 10032 3815 9997 3780 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 154DEG 20KT 3786 10001
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$
WAH388
WWUS53 KDDC 022328
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
628 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC055-057-083-022338-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120402T2330Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FINNEY KS-FORD KS-
628 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...EAST
CENTRAL FINNEY AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630
PM CDT/530 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3775 10004 3794 10023 3800 10023 3800 10029
3803 10032 3815 9997 3780 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 154DEG 20KT 3802 10011
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 40 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.