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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 2011Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:49 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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 20, 2011, 7:49 AM MDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 8:45 AM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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 20, 7:55 AM MDTHAIL 18 N Coolidge, KS
Jun 20, 8:01 AM MDTHAIL 1.256 Wnw Syracuse, KS
Jun 20, 8:02 AM MDTHAIL 0.881 Nnw Coolidge, KS
Jun 20, 8:15 AM MDTHAIL 1.754 Wnw Syracuse, KSGOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS PRODUCING DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES.
Jun 20, 8:36 AM MDTHAIL 1.2513 N Kendall, 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 20, 7:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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.

167 
WUUS53 KDDC 201349
SVRDDC
KSC075-201445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0138.110620T1349Z-110620T1445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
749 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 AM MDT

* AT 743 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOLIDGE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON 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.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10205 3827 10203 3827 10157 3800 10155
      3781 10202 3786 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 224DEG 52KT 3798 10198
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
440 
WWUS53 KDDC 201410
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
910 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC075-201445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-110620T1445Z/
HAMILTON KS-
810 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM MDT...

AT 806 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

AT 755 AM MDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 8 
MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE.

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 3826 10205 3827 10203 3827 10157 3800 10155
      3781 10202 3786 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 224DEG 52KT 3815 10168
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

12
113 
WWUS53 KDDC 201428
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
928 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC075-201445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-110620T1445Z/
HAMILTON KS-
828 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM MDT...

AT 824 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON COUNTY.

AT 815 AM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL PRODUCING 
DAMAGE TO VEHICLES 4 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. 

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.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10205 3827 10203 3827 10157 3800 10155
      3781 10202 3786 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 207DEG 39KT 3817 10167
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:35 AM MDTWind AdvisoryDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more15 hr
Jun 20, 7:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens41 min
Jun 20, 8:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton46 min
Jun 20, 8:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny55 min
Jun 20, 9:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Kearny, Scott46 min
Jun 20, 9:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott46 min

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.