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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2011, 4:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2011, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2011, 5:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 798 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WUUS53 KDDC 282127 SVRDDC KSC067-081-175-189-282215- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0182.110728T2127Z-110728T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 422 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 CAVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAVE... RYUS... SATANTA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...NORTHWESTERN SEWARD... SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL 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 3760 10107 3745 10082 3722 10106 3733 10124 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 216DEG 16KT 3735 10108 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
2 follow-up statements
105 WWUS53 KDDC 282142 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 442 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 KSC067-081-175-189-282215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-110728T2215Z/ STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS- 442 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SATANTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAVE... SATANTA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...NORTHWESTERN SEWARD... SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3760 10107 3745 10082 3727 10101 3737 10121 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 216DEG 16KT 3741 10103 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
201 WWUS53 KDDC 282203 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 KSC067-081-175-189-282213- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-110728T2215Z/ STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS- 503 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT... SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3760 10107 3745 10082 3727 10101 3737 10121 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 216DEG 16KT 3749 10096 $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 15 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 18 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.