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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 8:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 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: May 19, 2011, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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
May 19, 8:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Wsw Gray, KS
May 19, 8:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Wsw Gray, 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
May 19, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 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.

103 
WUUS53 KDDC 200110
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-145-165-200200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.110520T0110Z-110520T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
810 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO
  INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  GRAY...
  BURDETT...
  ROZEL...
  ALEXANDER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN
  PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3825 9921 3808 9956 3809 9957 3808 9957
      3803 9967 3818 9987 3853 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 227DEG 23KT 3812 9968
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

611 
WWUS53 KDDC 200155
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
855 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC083-135-145-165-200205-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110520T0200Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
855 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
SOUTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3825 9921 3808 9956 3809 9957 3808 9957
      3803 9967 3818 9987 3853 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 227DEG 23KT 3832 9941

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	43 min
May 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	51 min
May 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	51 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford	40 min
May 19, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	46 min
May 19, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	27 min
May 19, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	38 min
May 19, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	45 min
May 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	48 min
May 19, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Rush	6 hr
May 19, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	40 min
May 19, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	42 min
May 19, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	26 min
May 20, 3:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	33 min
May 20, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	38 min
May 20, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	40 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.