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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 3, 2011Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 3, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
42 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 Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 3:16 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Iuka, KSTHE POLE OF A MARTIN BIRD HOUSE WAS SNAPPED OFF. THE ELECTRICITY HAS ALSO BEEN KNOCKED OUT.
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Pratt, KS
Jul 3, 3:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Pratt, KS

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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°0°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.

440 
WUUS53 KDDC 032003
SVRDDC
KSC151-032045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.110703T2003Z-110703T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
303 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 258 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
  CULLISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CULLISON...
  COATS...
  PRATT...
  SAWYER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 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 3748 9900 3778 9901 3763 9847 3750 9845
      3748 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 283DEG 14KT 3765 9889
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
023 
WWUS53 KDDC 032015
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
315 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

KSC151-032045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110703T2045Z/
PRATT KS-
315 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PRATT COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CULLISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CULLISON...
  COATS...
  PRATT...
  CAIRO...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 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 3748 9900 3778 9901 3763 9847 3750 9845
      3748 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 282DEG 16KT 3765 9883
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

18
229 
WWUS53 KDDC 032027
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
327 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

KSC151-032045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110703T2045Z/
PRATT KS-
327 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PRATT COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATT...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRATT...
  CAIRO...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 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 3748 9846 3748 9900 3776 9894 3763 9847
      3750 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 277DEG 15KT 3765 9878
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.00IN

$$

18

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, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt47 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.