Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
- May 27, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Ene Ransom, KS | |
| May 27, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ne Ransom, KS | |
| May 27, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Wnw Brownell, KS | |
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cedar Bluff, KS | |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Nne Cedar Bluff, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 16.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WUUS53 KDDC 280021 SVRDDC KSC051-135-195-280115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0093.120528T0021Z-120528T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 721 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANSOM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANSOM... CEDAR BLUFF... TREGO CENTER... OGALLAH... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND TREGO 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 3858 9982 3859 10001 3913 10007 3914 9952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 196DEG 23KT 3864 9992 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.00IN $$ WAH
3 follow-up statements
225 WWUS53 KDDC 280038 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 738 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSC135-280048- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120528T0115Z/ NESS KS- 738 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3873 9974 3873 9987 3913 9988 3914 9952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 196DEG 34KT 3877 9978 $$ KSC051-195-280115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120528T0115Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 738 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND EASTERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CEDAR BLUFF... OGALLAH... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN 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 3873 9974 3873 9987 3913 9988 3914 9952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 196DEG 34KT 3877 9978 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.00IN $$ WAH
772 WWUS53 KDDC 280058 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 758 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSC051-195-280115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120528T0115Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 758 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLAH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OGALLAH... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3885 9968 3886 9975 3913 9975 3914 9952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 196DEG 34KT 3895 9971 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.00IN $$ WAH
396 WWUS53 KDDC 280112 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 812 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSC051-195-280122- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120528T0115Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 812 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3885 9968 3886 9975 3913 9975 3914 9952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 196DEG 34KT 3908 9966 $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 18 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| May 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 39 min |
| May 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 27 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.