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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2011Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 6:39 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 2, 2011, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2011-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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.

618 
WUUS53 KDDC 022339
SVRDDC
KSC185-030030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0148.110702T2339Z-110703T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
639 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES NORTH OF ZENITH...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZENITH...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STAFFORD 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 9859 3813 9868 3821 9847 3808 9846
      3796 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 256DEG 9KT 3807 9849
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
776 
WWUS53 KDDC 030014
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

KSC185-030024-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-110703T0030Z/
STAFFORD KS-
714 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3793 9859 3813 9868 3821 9847 3808 9846
      3796 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 256DEG 9KT 3809 9839

$$

GERARD

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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.