Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 9:08 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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
- May 21, 2012, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
293 WUUS53 KDDC 220208 SVRDDC KSC129-187-220300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.120522T0208Z-120522T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 908 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF RICHFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RICHFIELD... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON AND SOUTHERN STANTON 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 3725 10160 3723 10184 3745 10188 3747 10174 TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 347DEG 14KT 3735 10176 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
605 WWUS53 KDDC 220229 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 929 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 KSC129-187-220238- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120522T0300Z/ STANTON KS-MORTON KS- 929 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3725 10160 3723 10184 3745 10188 3747 10174 TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 347DEG 14KT 3727 10174 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 40 min |
| May 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 52 min |
| May 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.