Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 8:44 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
- May 19, 2011, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dodge City, KS | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL ACROSS DODGE CITY FROM 850 TO 855 PM. |
| May 19, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Dodge City, KS | |
| May 19, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Sw Dodge City, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
794 WUUS53 KDDC 200144 SVRDDC KSC057-083-200230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0015.110520T0144Z-110520T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 844 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGE CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY... JETMORE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FORD AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3825 10019 3825 9966 3766 9988 3768 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 189DEG 62KT 3776 10000 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
597 WWUS53 KDDC 200211 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 911 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC057-083-200230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110520T0230Z/ HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS- 911 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGHT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 80 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHT... JETMORE... HANSTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN AND NORTHERN FORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3767 9989 3769 10016 3825 10019 3825 9966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 189DEG 68KT 3793 9995 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
746 WWUS53 KDDC 200218 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 918 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC057-200228- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110520T0230Z/ FORD KS- 918 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3791 9979 3792 10017 3825 10019 3825 9966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 201DEG 62KT 3811 9992 $$ KSC083-200230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110520T0230Z/ HODGEMAN KS- 918 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JETMORE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JETMORE... HANSTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3791 9979 3792 10017 3825 10019 3825 9966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 201DEG 62KT 3811 9992 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 50 min |
| May 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 min |
| May 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 6 hr |
| May 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| May 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 40 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.