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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2011Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 11:28 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Jul 2, 2011, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2011, 12:05 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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
Jul 2, 11:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Loretta, KS	TREE LIMBS ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WERE DOWN. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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.

489 
WUUS53 KDDC 030428
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-030515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0149.110703T0428Z-110703T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1128 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORETTA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS
  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 3870 9904 3869 9902 3856 9903 3848 9920
      3864 9935 3883 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 234DEG 18KT 3865 9911
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

380 
WWUS53 KDDC 030505
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1205 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

KSC051-165-030515-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-110703T0515Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
1205 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND
NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3869 9902 3856 9903 3848 9920
      3864 9935 3883 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 234DEG 18KT 3876 9892

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	42 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	52 min
Jul 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	51 min
Jul 3, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	45 min
Jul 3, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	47 min
Jul 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	42 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	41 min
Jul 3, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	41 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	35 min
Jul 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Pratt	50 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	47 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Kiowa, Pratt	41 min

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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.