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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 28, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 28, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 6011 N Hickok, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 518 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

337 
WUUS53 KDDC 290115
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-290200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0145.110629T0115Z-110629T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAKIN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRANT...NORTHWESTERN HASKELL...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY 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 3797 10083 3761 10091 3767 10139 3791 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 270DEG 20KT 3776 10124
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
086 
WWUS53 KDDC 290142
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
842 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

KSC067-093-290152-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-110629T0200Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
842 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3797 10083 3761 10091 3763 10108 3794 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 273DEG 27KT 3778 10096

$$

KSC055-081-290200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-110629T0200Z/
HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-
842 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY
  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 3797 10083 3761 10091 3763 10108 3794 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 273DEG 27KT 3778 10096
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
588 
WWUS53 KDDC 290151
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

KSC055-081-290200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-110629T0200Z/
HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 PM
MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. 

LAT...LON 3797 10083 3761 10091 3763 10108 3794 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 273DEG 27KT 3778 10088

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton47 min
Jun 28, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton44 min
Jun 28, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Kearny39 min
Jun 28, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens42 min
Jun 28, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward45 min
Jun 28, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee41 min
Jun 28, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards47 min
Jun 29, 3:40 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Ellis, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford15 hr
Jun 29, 11:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more34 hr
Jun 29, 2:08 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Ellis, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford29 hr

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.