Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 5 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 16, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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, 7:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Ene Cairo, KS | |
| Jun 16, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 E Cairo, KS | |
| Jun 16, 7:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Sse Iuka, KS | |
| Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Wsw Preston, KS | |
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Nnw Cairo, 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2014 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 611 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678 WUUS53 KDDC 170014 SVRDDC KSC151-185-170115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0103.110617T0014Z-110617T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRATT... IUKA... BYERS... NEOLA... DILLWYN... STAFFORD... ST. JOHN... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 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 3805 9888 3805 9847 3748 9849 3749 9887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 188DEG 23KT 3768 9874 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
569 WWUS53 KDDC 170034 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 734 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 KSC151-185-170115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-110617T0115Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS- 734 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRATT... BYERS... IUKA... CAIRO... PRESTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3805 9888 3805 9847 3748 9849 3749 9887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 219DEG 11KT 3764 9868 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.