Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 7:34 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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 18, 2011, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 18, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 9 E Scott State Lake, KS | PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Amy, 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 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
495 WUUS53 KDDC 190034 SVRDDC KSC101-171-190130- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0129.110619T0034Z-110619T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 734 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 730 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 SCOTT STATE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTT STATE LAKE... MANNING... HEALY... AMY... SHIELDS... PENDENNIS... ALAMOTA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3870 10026 3827 10026 3848 10096 3870 10096 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 275DEG 26KT 3867 10082 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
074 WWUS53 KDDC 190117 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 817 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 KSC171-190127- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110619T0130Z/ SCOTT KS- 817 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3841 10067 3869 10068 3870 10026 3827 10026 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 275DEG 26KT 3848 10052 $$ KSC101-190130- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110619T0130Z/ LANE KS- 817 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 812 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 AMY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AMY... SHIELDS... DIGHTON... ALAMOTA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE COUNTY. 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3841 10067 3869 10068 3870 10026 3827 10026 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 275DEG 26KT 3848 10052 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Rush | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 50 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.