Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2012, 12:28 AM CDT for Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 4, 2012, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 4, 12:35 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Cairo, 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
042 WUUS53 KDDC 040528 SVRDDC KSC097-151-040615- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0065.120504T0528Z-120504T0615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1228 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELVIDERE TO CUNNINGHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CROFT... CAIRO... PRATT... HAVILAND... PRESTON... IUKA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA AND PRATT COUNTIES. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA AND PRATT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3744 9926 3768 9922 3782 9846 3753 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 210DEG 19KT 3749 9916 3762 9844 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
619 WWUS53 KDDC 040540 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1240 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 KSC097-151-040615- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120504T0615Z/ PRATT KS-KIOWA KS- 1240 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAVILAND TO CUNNINGHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAIRO... WELLSFORD... HAVILAND... PRESTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND PRATT COUNTIES. AT 1235 AM CDT...PRATT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3747 9918 3768 9922 3782 9846 3753 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 212DEG 20KT 3756 9912 3766 9845 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ UMSCHEID
971 WWUS53 KDDC 040553 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1253 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 KSC097-040603- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120504T0615Z/ KIOWA KS- 1253 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3751 9871 3777 9871 3782 9846 3753 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 215DEG 18KT 3766 9848 $$ KSC151-040615- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120504T0615Z/ PRATT KS- 1253 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAIRO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAIRO... PRESTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3751 9871 3777 9871 3782 9846 3753 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 215DEG 18KT 3766 9848 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ UMSCHEID
477 WWUS53 KDDC 040612 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 112 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 KSC151-040622- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120504T0615Z/ PRATT KS- 112 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT/1215 AM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DEADY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3751 9871 3777 9871 3782 9846 3753 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 215DEG 18KT 3774 9841 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 46 min |
| May 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego | 4 hr |
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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.