Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sw Antonino, KS | |
| Apr 2, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Antonino, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
144 WUUS53 KDDC 022350 SVRDDC KSC051-165-195-030030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0009.120402T2350Z-120403T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 650 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHOENCHEN...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHOENCHEN... ANTONINO... YOCEMENTO... ELLIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSH...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND WESTERN 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 3891 9986 3912 9944 3868 9925 3858 9944 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 146DEG 17KT 3870 9941 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
593
WWUS53 KDDC 030013
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
713 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC165-030023-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
RUSH KS-
713 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3912 9944 3871 9927 3869 9932 3870 9946
3895 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 146DEG 17KT 3879 9949
$$
KSC051-195-030030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
713 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ELLIS
AND EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ANTONINO...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANTONINO...
YOCEMENTO...
ELLIS...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO AND WESTERN 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 3912 9944 3871 9927 3869 9932 3870 9946
3895 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 146DEG 17KT 3879 9949
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH136
WWUS53 KDDC 030025
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
KSC051-195-030036-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120403T0030Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
725 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ELLIS AND EAST CENTRAL
TREGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3912 9944 3871 9927 3869 9932 3870 9946
3895 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 146DEG 17KT 3884 9953
$$
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, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.