Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 6:16 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
- May 19, 2011, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 6:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ssw Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Spearville, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WUUS53 KDDC 192316 SVRDDC KSC057-083-200000- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0010.110519T2316Z-110520T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 616 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF FORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHT... WINDHORST... SPEARVILLE... BELLEFONT... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN 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 3804 9998 3807 9958 3767 9958 3767 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 187DEG 22KT 3776 9976 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
829 WWUS53 KDDC 192325 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 625 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC057-083-200000- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/ HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS- 625 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPEARVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARVILLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3775 9959 3777 9986 3804 9998 3807 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 182DEG 42KT 3787 9975 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
164 WWUS53 KDDC 192336 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 636 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC057-083-192346- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/ HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS- 636 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE LARGE HAIL THREAT...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3775 9959 3777 9986 3804 9998 3807 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 182DEG 42KT 3800 9974 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 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.