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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 2011Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2011, 5:07 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 28, 2011, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 28, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	6 Sse The Saunders Elev, KS
Jul 28, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Sse The Saunders Elev, KS

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

005 
WUUS53 KDDC 282207
SVRDDC
KSC129-187-282245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0183.110728T2207Z-110728T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
507 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 504 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 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE SAUNDERS
  ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...
  MANTER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STANTON
  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 3763 10205 3758 10177 3725 10190 3725 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 180DEG 16KT 3734 10202
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH

2 follow-up statements

715 
WWUS53 KDDC 282227
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

KSC129-282236-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-110728T2245Z/
MORTON KS-
527 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3758 10178 3757 10177 3739 10185 3739 10203
      3763 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 180DEG 16KT 3742 10202

$$

KSC187-282245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-110728T2245Z/
STANTON KS-
527 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
STANTON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...
  MANTER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN STANTON 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 3758 10178 3757 10177 3739 10185 3739 10203
      3763 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 180DEG 16KT 3742 10202
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH

956 
WWUS53 KDDC 282242
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
542 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

KSC187-282252-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-110728T2245Z/
STANTON KS-
542 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT/445 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 3758 10178 3757 10177 3739 10185 3739 10203
      3763 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 180DEG 16KT 3749 10202

$$

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, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	36 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, 5:55 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

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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.