Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
098 WUUS53 KDDC 022333 SVRDDC KSC083-135-030015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.120402T2333Z-120403T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 633 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANSTON... NESS CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS 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 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 161DEG 19KT 3819 9972 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
236 WWUS53 KDDC 022354 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 654 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 KSC083-135-030015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120403T0015Z/ NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 654 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANSTON... NESS CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 161DEG 19KT 3829 9977 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
500 WWUS53 KDDC 030000 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 700 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 KSC083-135-030010- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120403T0015Z/ NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 700 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3845 10011 3861 9969 3813 9957 3807 9979 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 161DEG 19KT 3832 9978 $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 43 min |
| 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, 6:41 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.