Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2018, 6:35 PM CDT for Edwards County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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
- Jun 12, 2018, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wsw Kinsley, KS | QUARTERS HALFWAY BETWEEN OFFERLE AND KINSLEY. |
| Jun 12, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Kinsley, KS | QUARTER SIZE. |
| Jun 12, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ese Windhorst, KS | NICKEL SIZE. |
| Jun 12, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ese Windhorst, KS | QUARTER SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted.
494
WUUS53 KDDC 122335
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-097-130030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0182.180612T2335Z-180613T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
635 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 634 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Offerle, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kinsley and Offerle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 9955 3795 9938 3774 9925 3769 9941
3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 349DEG 8KT 3787 9948
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH3 follow-up statements
297
WWUS53 KDDC 130003
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
703 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
KSC047-057-097-130030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-180613T0030Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
703 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES...
At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest of
Centerview, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kinsley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 9952 3795 9938 3774 9925 3769 9941
3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 320DEG 20KT 3776 9937
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH427
WWUS53 KDDC 130023
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
723 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
KSC047-057-097-130030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-180613T0030Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
723 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES...
At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Centerview, moving southwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Ford...northwestern Kiowa and southwestern Edwards Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 9951 3789 9937 3774 9925 3769 9941
3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 027DEG 8KT 3772 9940
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH258
WWUS53 KDDC 130029
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
729 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
KSC047-057-097-130039-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-180613T0030Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
729 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD...
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3785 9951 3789 9937 3774 9925 3769 9941
3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 349DEG 8KT 3771 9940
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 30 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.