Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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
- May 27, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 27, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ene Brownell, KS | |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Mccracken, KS | |
| May 27, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 E Cedar Bluff, KS | |
| May 27, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ese Ellis, KS | |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 W Antonino, KS | |
| May 27, 6:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 8 W Antonino, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803 WUUS53 KDDC 272305 SVRDDC KSC051-135-165-195-272345- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0089.120527T2305Z-120527T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 605 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAZINE... BROWNELL... CEDAR BLUFF... RIGA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS 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 3903 9983 3885 9925 3839 9966 3843 9989 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 199DEG 34KT 3848 9977 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
294 WWUS53 KDDC 272314 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSC051-135-165-195-272345- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120527T2345Z/ TREGO KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-ELLIS KS- 614 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS...NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND EASTERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAZINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAZINE... BROWNELL... CEDAR BLUFF... RIGA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3903 9983 3885 9925 3839 9966 3843 9989 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 199DEG 34KT 3855 9974 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN $$ WAH
096
WWUS53 KDDC 272332
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
KSC051-135-165-195-272345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120527T2345Z/
TREGO KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-ELLIS KS-
632 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ELLIS...NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROWNELL...
CEDAR BLUFF...
RIGA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH...
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS 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 3900 9974 3885 9925 3870 9938 3854 9961
3857 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 199DEG 34KT 3872 9966
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 61 min |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Scott | 47 min |
| May 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Scott | 35 min |
| May 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 48 min |
| May 26, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 41 min |
| May 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane, Meade, Scott, Seward | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:41 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Scott | 79 min |
| May 27, 4:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 13 hr |
| May 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 29 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 47 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.