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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 9:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 655 Wsw Kinsley, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.

749 
WUUS53 KDDC 170201
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-151-185-170245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.110617T0201Z-110617T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  KINSLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  CENTERVIEW...
  LEWIS...
  FELLSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  BELPRE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTHERN
  PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD 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 3818 9903 3775 9896 3782 9952 3802 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 258DEG 19KT 3788 9940
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
231 
WWUS53 KDDC 170218
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
918 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC151-185-170226-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110617T0245Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
918 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN 
EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM 
CDT.

LAT...LON 3780 9935 3804 9948 3818 9903 3800 9901
      3783 9902 3782 9901 3781 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 258DEG 19KT 3790 9930

$$

KSC047-145-170245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110617T0245Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
918 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDWARDS AND
SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 910 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
KINSLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  LEWIS...
  GARFIELD...
  BELPRE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE 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 3780 9935 3804 9948 3818 9903 3800 9901
      3783 9902 3782 9901 3781 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 258DEG 19KT 3790 9930
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON
264 
WWUS53 KDDC 170235
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
935 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC047-145-170245-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110617T0245Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
935 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3780 9935 3804 9948 3818 9903 3800 9901
      3783 9902 3782 9901 3781 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 258DEG 19KT 3792 9918

$$

JJOHNSON

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, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford37 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.