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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 10, 2011Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2011, 6:04 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 10, 2011, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	1 S La Crosse, KS	THE CALLER ALSO REPORTED DIME-SIZED HAIL AND 0.55 OF RAIN.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -47 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.

397 
WUUS53 KDDC 102304
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-102345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0161.110710T2304Z-110710T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
604 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 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
  LA CROSSE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA CROSSE...
  BISON...
  LORETTA...
  PFEIFER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS 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 3870 9902 3866 9902 3843 9925 3849 9942
      3874 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 202DEG 19KT 3852 9930
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

732 
WWUS53 KDDC 102321
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
621 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

KSC051-165-102345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110710T2345Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
621 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 619 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
BISON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA CROSSE...
  LORETTA...
  PFEIFER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS
  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 3849 9926 3854 9933 3874 9926 3870 9902
      3866 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 218DEG 16KT 3857 9923
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

FINCH

724 
WWUS53 KDDC 102348
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

KSC051-165-102358-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110710T2345Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
648 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND
NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3849 9926 3854 9933 3874 9926 3870 9902
      3866 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 218DEG 16KT 3857 9923

$$

FINCH

The 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 9, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	44 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, 6:10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.