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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 10:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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 28, 2011, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2011, 11:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 S Hanston, KS | |
| Jun 28, 10:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Hanston, KS | |
| Jun 28, 10:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | Jetmore, KS | THIS REPORT CAME FROM THE KSN WEATHER NETWORK LOCATED AT THE HODGEMAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Jun 28, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 W Kinsley, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
884 WUUS53 KDDC 290327 SVRDDC KSC047-057-083-145-290430- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0147.110629T0327Z-110629T0430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1027 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1021 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 SOUTHEAST OF JETMORE... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JETMORE... HANSTON... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN PAWNEE 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 3811 9938 3784 9948 3792 10007 3815 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 276DEG 32KT 3798 9977 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
738 WWUS53 KDDC 290351 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1051 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 KSC047-057-083-145-290430- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110629T0430Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 1051 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OFFERLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3787 9972 3813 9964 3811 9938 3784 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 282DEG 20KT 3794 9954 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ RUSSELL
101 WWUS53 KDDC 290408 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 KSC047-057-083-145-290418- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110629T0430Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD... NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3787 9972 3813 9964 3811 9938 3784 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 282DEG 20KT 3792 9942 $$ 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, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 45 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, 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 |
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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.