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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 16, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 16, 7:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 2230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590 WUUS53 KDDC 162359 SVRDDC KSC047-057-083-097-145-170030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.110616T2359Z-110617T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLEFONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN EDWARDS 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 3811 9943 3764 9944 3769 9986 3799 9983 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 263DEG 52KT 3786 9961 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ WAH
1 follow-up statement
566 WWUS53 KDDC 170010 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 710 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 KSC047-057-083-097-145-170030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110617T0030Z/ PAWNEE KS-KIOWA KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 710 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...WESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OFFERLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OFFERLE... ROZEL... GARFIELD... FRIZELL... ZOOK... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA... PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3811 9943 3764 9944 3769 9986 3799 9983 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 263DEG 52KT 3787 9943 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 40 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.