Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT for Ellis County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
- May 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
962 WUUS53 KDDC 200215 SVRDDC KSC051-145-165-200300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0016.110520T0215Z-110520T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 914 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 LORETTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LORETTA... PFEIFER... TOULON... VICTORIA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PAWNEE...RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3886 9904 3821 9903 3824 9951 3887 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 230DEG 30KT 3863 9914 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
326 WWUS53 KDDC 200240 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 940 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC145-200250- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/ PAWNEE KS- 940 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVEDOUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3886 9904 3856 9906 3836 9949 3887 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 243DEG 39KT 3869 9904 $$ KSC051-165-200300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/ RUSH KS-ELLIS KS- 940 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 937 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 PFEIFER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PFEIFER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3886 9904 3856 9906 3836 9949 3887 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 243DEG 39KT 3869 9904 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
418 WWUS53 KDDC 200257 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 957 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC051-165-200304- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/ RUSH KS-ELLIS KS- 957 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER VERY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THROUGH 11 PM. HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POSE A DRIVING HAZARD DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. LAT...LON 3886 9904 3856 9906 3836 9949 3887 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 243DEG 39KT 3876 9887 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 50 min |
| May 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 6 hr |
| May 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| May 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 40 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.