Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 2:43 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
- Jul 3, 2011, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 2:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Iuka, KS | TWELVE INCH DIAMETER LIMBS BROKEN OFF TREES AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jul 3, 3:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 7 Ene Pratt, KS | THE WIND WAS REPORTED AT 20TH STREET AND 70TH AVENUE. |
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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356 WUUS53 KDDC 031943 SVRDDC KSC151-032030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0150.110703T1943Z-110703T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 243 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 239 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 NEAR IUKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IUKA... PRESTON... CAIRO... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT 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 3759 9846 3768 9880 3782 9879 3782 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 278DEG 10KT 3771 9870 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS53 KDDC 032005 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 305 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 KSC151-032030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110703T2030Z/ PRATT KS- 305 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IUKA... PRESTON... CAIRO... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3759 9846 3768 9880 3782 9879 3782 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 278DEG 10KT 3770 9862 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 18
645 WWUS53 KDDC 032030 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 KSC151-032039- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110703T2030Z/ PRATT KS- 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT/230 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM. LAT...LON 3759 9846 3768 9880 3782 9879 3782 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 278DEG 10KT 3769 9854 $$ 18
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 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 45 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.