Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 9:19 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2012, 9:19 PM MDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 23, 9:45 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 12 Nne Coolidge, KS | THE REPORT INCLUDED MOST PEA-SIZE HAIL. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 240319
SVRDDC
KSC075-240400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0072.120524T0319Z-120524T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
* AT 914 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLY...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COOLIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE...
SYRACUSE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HAMILTON 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 3821 10205 3826 10205 3827 10204 3827 10197
3827 10155 3789 10156 3793 10204 3818 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 281DEG 40KT 3815 10222
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
981
WWUS53 KDDC 240343
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1043 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
KSC075-240400-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/
HAMILTON KS-
943 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...
AT 938 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTH OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIDGE...
SYRACUSE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 10204 3818 10206 3821 10205 3826 10205
3827 10204 3827 10155 3789 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 276DEG 39KT 3814 10191
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
UMSCHEID402
WWUS53 KDDC 240357
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1057 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
KSC075-240407-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/
HAMILTON KS-
957 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3801 10204 3818 10206 3821 10205 3826 10205
3827 10204 3827 10155 3789 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 276DEG 39KT 3809 10172
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 59 min |
| May 23, 10:56 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 3 more | 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.