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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 3, 2011Pratt County, Kansas

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGIuka, KSTWELVE INCH DIAMETER LIMBS BROKEN OFF TREES AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE BLOWN DOWN.
Jul 3, 3:22 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 807 Ene Pratt, KSTHE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford42 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman52 min
Jul 2, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush51 min
Jul 2, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush37 min
Jul 3, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee45 min
Jul 3, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt42 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton41 min
Jul 3, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell41 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt35 min
Jul 3, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt50 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa47 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt41 min

Nearby

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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.