Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 30, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 22 Se Coldwater, KS | LOTS OF TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. FARM EQUIPMENT WAS ROLLED INTO A BALL. THERE WAS MINOR ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE TO THE FARM HOME. |
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 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745
WFUS53 KDDC 010012
TORDDC
KSC007-033-010045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0042.120501T0012Z-120501T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
712 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AETNA.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9946 3739 9904 3738 9901 3705 9882
3699 9924 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 255DEG 25KT 3709 9924
HAIL <.50IN
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
045
WWUS53 KDDC 010036
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
736 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
KSC007-033-010045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120501T0045Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
736 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE AND WEST CENTRAL
BARBER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF
BUTTERMILK. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTTERMILK...
AETNA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COMANCHE AND WESTERN BARBER COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9946 3739 9904 3738 9901 3705 9882
3699 9924 3700 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 240DEG 32KT 3708 9913
HAIL 2.50IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 34 min |
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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.