Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 4:49 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 29, 2012, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
092 WUUS53 KDDC 292149 SVRDDC KSC025-119-292245- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0098.120529T2149Z-120529T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 449 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 445 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 NEAR MEADE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEADE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK 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 3711 9995 3706 10018 3725 10060 3734 10040 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 289DEG 23KT 3723 10036 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ SUGDEN
3 follow-up statements
128 WWUS53 KDDC 292203 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 KSC025-119-292245- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 503 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3722 10054 3730 10040 3711 9995 3706 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 295DEG 23KT 3720 10038 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ SUGDEN
260 WWUS53 KDDC 292226 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 KSC025-119-292245- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 526 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK 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 3718 10044 3725 10030 3711 9995 3706 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 295DEG 23KT 3716 10029 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ SUGDEN
910 WWUS53 KDDC 292241 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 541 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 KSC025-119-292251- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120529T2245Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 541 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3718 10044 3725 10030 3711 9995 3706 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 295DEG 23KT 3712 10018 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| May 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 64 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| May 29, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 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.