Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 8:10 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 26, 2012, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 26, 8:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 Ne Coolidge, KS |
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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
692
WUUS53 KDDC 270210
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-171-270245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0088.120527T0210Z-120527T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
810 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT/945 PM CDT/
* AT 808 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 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN KEARNY AND
WESTERN SCOTT 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 3827 10132 3837 10114 3847 10112 3839 10108
3789 10199 3827 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 227DEG 49KT 3810 10182
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH2 follow-up statements
965
WWUS53 KDDC 270233
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
933 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
KSC171-270243-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120527T0245Z/
SCOTT KS-
933 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3798 10186 3827 10186 3827 10132 3827 10131
3827 10129 3805 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 227DEG 49KT 3831 10153
$$
KSC075-093-270245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120527T0245Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-
833 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT/945 PM
CDT/...
AT 932 PM CDT...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 11 MILES
SOUTH OF SELKIRK...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOTI...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY
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 3798 10186 3827 10186 3827 10132 3827 10131
3827 10129 3805 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 227DEG 49KT 3831 10153
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH306
WWUS53 KDDC 270243
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
943 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
KSC075-093-270253-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120527T0245Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-
843 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT/845 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3798 10186 3827 10186 3827 10132 3827 10131
3827 10129 3805 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 227DEG 49KT 3840 10140
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 61 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Scott | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 41 min |
| May 26, 9:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane, Meade, Scott, Seward | 49 min |
| May 27, 12:41 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Scott | 79 min |
| May 27, 3:57 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 13 hr |
| May 27, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 40 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 32 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.