Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2011, 6:04 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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
- Aug 3, 2011, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Sw Pratt, KS | WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED. |
| Aug 3, 6:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 S Iuka, KS | |
| Aug 3, 6:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Iuka, KS | POWER POLES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 281 AND 30TH STREET. ADDITIONAL POWER POLES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY OF PRATT. |
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Iuka, KS | SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND A 2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB WAS BLOWN DOWN. |
| Aug 3, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Cairo, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 032304
SVRDDC
KSC151-032345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0191.110803T2304Z-110803T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
604 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PRATT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...
IUKA...
CAIRO...
PRESTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PRATT 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 3757 9885 3774 9892 3783 9853 3782 9851
3761 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 250DEG 17KT 3768 9878
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
457
WWUS53 KDDC 032323
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
KSC151-032345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-110803T2345Z/
PRATT KS-
623 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
IUKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IUKA...
PRESTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3758 9873 3776 9881 3783 9855 3782 9851
3761 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 254DEG 15KT 3770 9869
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RUSSELL984
WWUS53 KDDC 032334
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
634 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
KSC151-032345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-110803T2345Z/
PRATT KS-
634 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IUKA...
CAIRO...
PRESTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT 628 PM...A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED 2 INCH DIAMETER TREE
LIMBS DOWN AND THE SHINGLES TORN OFF A ROOF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
PRATT.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN
PRATT COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3758 9873 3776 9881 3783 9855 3782 9851
3761 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 250DEG 21KT 3771 9861
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 45 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.