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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 23, 2011Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 389 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
Jul 23, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton47 min
Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
Jul 23, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane49 min
Jul 23, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane40 min
Jul 23, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton73 min
Jul 23, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade82 min
Jul 23, 11:40 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCComanche20 hr
Jul 24, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 min
Jul 24, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark66 min
Jul 24, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt53 min
Jul 24, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman61 min
Jul 24, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee57 min
Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche60 min
Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord46 min
Jul 24, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa44 min
Jul 24, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush67 min
Jul 24, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
Jul 24, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess59 min
Jul 24, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis44 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.