Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness 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
- Jul 23, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175 WUUS53 KDDC 240030 SVRDDC KSC101-135-240115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0178.110724T0030Z-110724T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 725 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 NEAR DIGHTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON... UTICA... SHIELDS... PENDENNIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS 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 10016 3839 10005 3836 10067 3871 10067 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 169DEG 8KT 3855 10046 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
173 WWUS53 KDDC 240054 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 754 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 KSC101-135-240115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-110724T0115Z/ NESS KS-LANE KS- 754 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIELDS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON... SHIELDS... HEALY... PENDENNIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3870 10016 3839 10005 3836 10067 3871 10067 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 169DEG 8KT 3860 10047 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ 18
464 WWUS53 KDDC 240111 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 KSC101-135-240122- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-110724T0115Z/ NESS KS-LANE KS- 811 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 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 3870 10016 3839 10005 3836 10067 3871 10067 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 169DEG 8KT 3864 10048 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 73 min |
| Jul 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 82 min |
| Jul 23, 11:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Comanche | 20 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 67 min |
| Jul 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 44 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.