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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 28, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 11 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Ellis, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford | 15 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Ellis, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford | 29 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.