Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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 19, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 19, 3:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Dillwyn, KS | |
| May 19, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 4 Se St. John, KS | |
| May 19, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E St. John, KS | |
| May 19, 4:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Stafford, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886
WUUS53 KDDC 192027
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-192115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0066.120519T2027Z-120519T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
327 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DILLWYN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACKSVILLE...
DILLWYN...
ST. JOHN...
HUDSON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD 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 3783 9884 3783 9886 3793 9903 3794 9903
3827 9884 3827 9847 3826 9847 3809 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 218DEG 35KT 3795 9887
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$
WAH1 follow-up statement
010
WWUS53 KDDC 192046
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC145-192055-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120519T2115Z/
PAWNEE KS-
346 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OFTHE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3783 9884 3783 9886 3791 9889 3826 9882
3827 9847 3809 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 218DEG 35KT 3810 9872
$$
KSC185-192115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120519T2115Z/
STAFFORD KS-
346 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STAFFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ST. JOHN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. JOHN...
HUDSON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF STAFFORD 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!
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 3783 9884 3783 9886 3791 9889 3826 9882
3827 9847 3809 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 218DEG 35KT 3810 9872
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 23 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.