Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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
- Apr 2, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 S Montezuma, KS | |
| Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Ssw Montezuma, KS | |
| Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Ese Copeland, KS | HAIL ESTIMATED PEA TO QUARTER SIZED. |
| Apr 2, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 S Montezuma, KS | |
| Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Montezuma, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
818 WUUS53 KDDC 022341 SVRDDC KSC069-081-119-030030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0008.120402T2341Z-120403T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 641 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MISSLER...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONTEZUMA... COPELAND... COPELAND... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES. 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 3762 10083 3782 10045 3742 10031 3732 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 149DEG 17KT 3744 10041 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
529
WWUS53 KDDC 030011
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
711 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC119-030021-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
MEADE KS-
711 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3765 10078 3781 10047 3755 10036 3747 10048
3747 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 149DEG 17KT 3756 10050
$$
KSC069-081-030030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-
711 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 709 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEZUMA...
COPELAND...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY
COUNTIES.
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 3765 10078 3781 10047 3755 10036 3747 10048
3747 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 149DEG 17KT 3756 10050
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH528
WWUS53 KDDC 030026
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC069-081-030036-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-
726 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND EAST
CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3765 10078 3781 10047 3755 10036 3747 10048
3747 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 149DEG 17KT 3762 10055
$$
WAHThe 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, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 40 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.