Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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, 9:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 5 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
JJOHNSON264
WWUS53 KDDC 170235
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
935 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
KSC047-145-170245-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110617T0245Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
935 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3780 9935 3804 9948 3818 9903 3800 9901
3783 9902 3782 9901 3781 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 258DEG 19KT 3792 9918
$$
JJOHNSONThe 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, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 61 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, 9:21 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 |
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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.