Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- May 2, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:01 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 6 Nw Ogallah, KS | |
| May 2, 7:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 10 Nne Ogallah, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154
WUUS53 KDDC 022341
SVRDDC
KSC195-030030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0063.120502T2341Z-120503T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 634 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
WAKEENEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAKEENEY...
OGALLAH...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TREGO 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 3913 9959 3887 9979 3895 10000 3914 9991
3914 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 225DEG 20KT 3898 9984
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
UMSCHEID3 follow-up statements
716
WWUS53 KDDC 022354
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
654 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
KSC195-030030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120503T0030Z/
TREGO KS-
654 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WAKEENEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAKEENEY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9959 3896 9982 3901 9991 3914 9991
3914 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 211DEG 21KT 3906 9981
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH000
WWUS53 KDDC 030009
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
KSC195-030030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120503T0030Z/
TREGO KS-
709 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAKEENEY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 701 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL 5 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF WAKEENEY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TREGO 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 3912 9964 3901 9980 3904 9987 3913 9985
3914 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 211DEG 24KT 3912 9976
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN
$$
FINCH010
WWUS53 KDDC 030029
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
KSC195-030039-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120503T0030Z/
TREGO KS-
729 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3912 9964 3901 9980 3904 9987 3913 9985
3914 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 211DEG 24KT 3924 9967
$$
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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.