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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 2011Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 11:04 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
May 19, 2011, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2011-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2011-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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.

493 
WUUS53 KDDC 200404
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-200430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0019.110520T0404Z-110520T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1104 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM LIEBENTHAL TO 6 MILES NORTH OF ASH VALLEY TO
  SANFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
  ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BISON...
  LORETTA...
  SHAFFER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH AND NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE
  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.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL
QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY AND RUSH COUNTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 9902 3827 9891 3826 9891 3811 9933
      3836 9930 3866 9933 3869 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 242DEG 29KT 3861 9923 3838 9915
          3818 9923
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
760 
WWUS53 KDDC 200430
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1130 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC145-165-200440-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110520T0430Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
1130 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND
EASTERN RUSH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3827 9902 3827 9891 3826 9891 3811 9933
      3836 9930 3866 9933 3869 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 242DEG 29KT 3861 9922 3838 9914
          3818 9922

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord43 min
May 19, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman51 min
May 19, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush50 min
May 19, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego51 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford40 min
May 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman46 min
May 19, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush27 min
May 19, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray38 min
May 19, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush45 min
May 19, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray48 min
May 19, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCRush6 hr
May 19, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman40 min
May 19, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush42 min
May 20, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee33 min
May 20, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt38 min
May 20, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt40 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.