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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 10, 2011Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2011, 6:10 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	13 N Lakin, KS	LARGE TREES WERE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. ALSO, DIME-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

284 
WUUS53 KDDC 102310
SVRDDC
KSC093-110000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0162.110710T2310Z-110711T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 605 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 10
  MILES NORTH OF LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KEARNY 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 3827 10135 3827 10114 3801 10124 3806 10140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 192DEG 25KT 3811 10128
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

894 
WWUS53 KDDC 102327
SVSDDC

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

KSC093-110000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110711T0000Z/
KEARNY KS-
627 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 623 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 7
MILES SOUTH OF LYDIA...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEERFIELD...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KEARNY 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 3811 10123 3815 10132 3827 10135 3827 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 210DEG 14KT 3820 10124
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

FINCH

467 
WWUS53 KDDC 102352
SVSDDC

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

KSC093-110002-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110711T0000Z/
KEARNY KS-
652 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 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 3811 10123 3815 10132 3827 10135 3827 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 210DEG 14KT 3828 10118

$$

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, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	41 min
Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	46 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.