Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 10:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2011, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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.
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 20, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 201514
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-093-171-201600-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1014 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 1011 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYDIA TO
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEERFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEERFIELD...
HOLCOMB...
GARDEN CITY...
MODOC...
FRIEND...
SHALLOW WATER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN GRAY...
WESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 10102 3797 10059 3774 10105 3826 10139
3827 10113 3854 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 242DEG 25KT 3833 10136 3785 10105
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 201532
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1032 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
KSC069-093-201542-
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KEARNY KS-GRAY KS-
1032 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3800 10061 3800 10066 3797 10067 3798 10082
3833 10112 3854 10113 3861 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 242DEG 25KT 3839 10121 3791 10090
$$
KSC055-171-201600-
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SCOTT KS-FINNEY KS-
1032 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FINNEY
AND WESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...
AT 1029 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MARIENTHAL TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODOC...
FRIEND...
SHALLOW WATER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FINNEY AND WESTERN 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 10061 3800 10066 3797 10067 3798 10082
3833 10112 3854 10113 3861 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 242DEG 25KT 3839 10121 3791 10090
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH824
WWUS53 KDDC 201600
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
KSC055-171-201609-
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SCOTT KS-FINNEY KS-
1100 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND WESTERN
SCOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CDT/1000 AM MDT/...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3800 10061 3800 10066 3797 10067 3798 10082
3833 10112 3854 10113 3861 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 242DEG 25KT 3846 10098 3798 10068
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.