Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2011, 11:31 PM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765
WUUS53 KDDC 100431
SVRDDC
KSC135-165-100515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0159.110710T0431Z-110710T0515Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1131 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1126 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
ALEXANDER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDER...
NEKOMA...
MCCRACKEN...
HARGRAVE...
RUSH CENTER...
LIEBENTHAL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS AND RUSH 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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9958 3870 9906 3846 9905 3841 9961
3861 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 225DEG 12KT 3849 9956
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
122 follow-up statements
669
WWUS53 KDDC 100455
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1155 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
KSC135-165-100515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110710T0515Z/
RUSH KS-NESS KS-
1155 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
NESS AND RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HARGRAVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 1146 PM CDT...A 70 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF
OTIS BY AN EXPERIENCED STORM SPOTTER.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARGRAVE...
LA CROSSE...
BISON...
LORETTA...
OTIS...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS AND RUSH COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9958 3870 9906 3846 9905 3841 9961
3861 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 253DEG 35KT 3855 9937
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
12144
WWUS53 KDDC 100510
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1210 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
KSC135-165-100521-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110710T0515Z/
RUSH KS-NESS KS-
1210 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NESS AND RUSH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT/1115 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 GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3869 9958 3870 9906 3846 9905 3841 9961
3861 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 253DEG 35KT 3856 9915
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Rush | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.