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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
430 WUUS53 KDDC 032345 SVRDDC KSC151-040030- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0192.110803T2345Z-110804T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 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. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE PRATT AREA WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM... SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3760 9866 3778 9869 3782 9847 3761 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 264DEG 18KT 3771 9855 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
614 WWUS53 KDDC 040014 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011 KSC151-040030- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110804T0030Z/ PRATT KS- 714 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF CUNNINGHAM...OR 7 MILES EAST OF PRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WERE REPORTED IN PRATT WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM... SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3761 9852 3780 9853 3782 9847 3761 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 254DEG 22KT 3772 9842 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ RUSSELL
842 WWUS53 KDDC 040021 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 721 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011 KSC151-040031- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110804T0030Z/ PRATT KS- 721 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3761 9852 3780 9853 3782 9847 3761 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 254DEG 22KT 3773 9836 $$ RUSSELL
The 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, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 41 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.