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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 8:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2011, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 9:04 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 703 Ssw Haviland, KS
Jun 16, 9:04 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ssw Haviland, KS
Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDTHAIL 1Haviland, KS
Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 703 Ene Croft, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2014 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 280 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

728 
WUUS53 KDDC 170153
SVRDDC
KSC007-047-097-151-185-170230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0112.110617T0153Z-110617T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
853 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
  SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTERVIEW TO 6
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG TO 7 MILES WEST OF BELVIDERE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  FELLSBURG...
  HAVILAND...
  BELVIDERE...
  TROUSDALE...
  WELLSFORD...
  CROFT...
  HOPEWELL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND WESTERN PRATT
  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 3790 9888 3765 9887 3739 9888 3741 9932
      3765 9932 3787 9934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 268DEG 20KT 3778 9920 3765 9917
          3746 9918
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman48 min
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford61 min
Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford61 min
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa45 min
Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa26 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford50 min
Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford45 min
Jun 16, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush21 min
Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford47 min
Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa31 min
Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford46 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford34 min
Jun 16, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford54 min
Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush42 min
Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more4 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.