Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 9:12 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 6 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 30, 2012, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 30, 9:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Haviland, KS | DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL WITH SOME QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Se Haviland, KS | |
| Apr 30, 9:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nnw Lake City, KS | |
| Apr 30, 9:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Medicine Lodge, KS | |
| Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nne Sun City, KS | |
| Apr 30, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Medicine Lodge, 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 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 010212
SVRDDC
KSC007-097-151-010300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0061.120501T0212Z-120501T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
912 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 906 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 NEAR HAVILAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSFORD...
BELVIDERE...
CROFT...
COATS...
LAKE CITY...
SAWYER...
CAIRO...
ISABEL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN
PRATT 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 3739 9900 3747 9924 3772 9908 3768 9846
3739 9846 3738 9834 3709 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 295DEG 28KT 3754 9905
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
917
WWUS53 KDDC 010226
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
926 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
KSC007-097-151-010300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120501T0300Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-
926 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER...EASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...
AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CROFT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 916 PM HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HAVILAND.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROFT...
COATS...
LAKE CITY...
SAWYER...
CAIRO...
MEDICINE LODGE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN
PRATT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9900 3747 9924 3772 9908 3768 9846
3739 9846 3738 9834 3709 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 295DEG 28KT 3750 9893
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
18272
WWUS53 KDDC 010236
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
936 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
KSC097-010246-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120501T0300Z/
KIOWA KS-
936 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3739 9900 3748 9900 3761 9900 3768 9846
3739 9846 3738 9834 3709 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 295DEG 34KT 3741 9882
$$
KSC007-151-010300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120501T0300Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
936 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER AND SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SUN CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUN CITY...
LAKE CITY...
CAIRO...
MEDICINE LODGE...
SHARON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9900 3748 9900 3761 9900 3768 9846
3739 9846 3738 9834 3709 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 295DEG 34KT 3741 9882
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 34 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.