Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 8:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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 14, 2012, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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 14, 9:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N St. John, KS | SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF ST. JOHN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 30.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398
WFUS53 KDDC 150152
TORDDC
KSC047-145-151-185-150215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.120415T0152Z-120415T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
852 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CONFIRMED TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTH OF TROUSDALE. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE
IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPEWELL...BELPRE...ZOOK...MACKSVILLE...DILLWYN...ST. JOHN...
SEWARD...HUDSON...RADIUM...STAFFORD AND ZENITH.
DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMS VIOLENT DESTRUCTION WITH THIS TORNADO. TAKE
LIFE SAVING PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9902 3774 9926 3782 9931 3827 9900
3827 9847 3826 9847 3795 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 224DEG 50KT 3784 9908
HAIL 4.25IN
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
083
WWUS53 KDDC 150200
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
900 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
KSC047-145-151-185-150215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120415T0215Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
900 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR MACKSVILLE...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EDWARDS...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL
915 PM CDT...
AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE. THIS TORNADIC STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACKSVILLE...
DILLWYN...
ST. JOHN...
SEWARD...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS CONFIRMED! TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9902 3774 9926 3782 9931 3827 9900
3827 9847 3826 9847 3795 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 224DEG 50KT 3793 9897
HAIL 4.25IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Meade | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 17 hr |
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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.