Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
820
WUUS53 KDDC 280105
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-280130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0095.120528T0105Z-120528T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
805 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...
NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIGA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLIS...
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 3890 9950 3892 9970 3914 9958 3914 9929
3913 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 213DEG 33KT 3897 9958
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN
$$
WAH2 follow-up statements
551
WWUS53 KDDC 280116
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
816 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
KSC195-280126-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120528T0130Z/
TREGO KS-
816 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3913 9928 3901 9940 3902 9960 3914 9958
3914 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 213DEG 33KT 3905 9951
$$
KSC051-280130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120528T0130Z/
ELLIS KS-
816 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 813 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 7 MILES
NORTH OF ELLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY.
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 3913 9928 3901 9940 3902 9960 3914 9958
3914 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 213DEG 33KT 3905 9951
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
WAH706
WWUS53 KDDC 280126
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
826 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
KSC051-280137-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120528T0130Z/
ELLIS KS-
826 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3913 9928 3901 9940 3902 9960 3914 9958
3914 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 213DEG 33KT 3913 9944
$$
WAHThe 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, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 54 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, 8:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.