Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2011, 4:35 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2011, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2011, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354
WUUS53 KDDC 092235
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-092315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0154.110709T2235Z-110709T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
535 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/
* AT 431 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF THE
SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...
JOHNSON CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON
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 3781 10205 3800 10163 3756 10157 3756 10205
3758 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 254DEG 21KT 3767 10208
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
WAH2 follow-up statements
475
WWUS53 KDDC 092259
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
559 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
KSC075-187-092315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-110709T2315Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
459 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT/615 PM
CDT/...
AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF MANTER...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3794 10162 3760 10158 3761 10203 3758 10205
3781 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 254DEG 21KT 3771 10190
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
WAH470
WWUS53 KDDC 092314
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
KSC075-187-092324-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-110709T2315Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
514 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN
STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3794 10162 3760 10158 3761 10203 3758 10205
3781 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 254DEG 21KT 3773 10179
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:21 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:31 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.