Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2011, 6:22 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 4, 2011, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 4, 6:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 7 Sw Kendall, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413 WUUS53 KDDC 050022 SVRDDC KSC075-093-050100- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0196.110805T0022Z-110805T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 622 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/ * AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY 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 3797 10168 3781 10144 3774 10159 3774 10178 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 215DEG 12KT 3778 10169 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
359 WWUS53 KDDC 050040 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 740 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011 KSC075-093-050100- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-110805T0100Z/ KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS- 640 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/... AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENDALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3797 10168 3781 10144 3777 10161 3778 10176 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 215DEG 12KT 3783 10167 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ SUGDEN
251 WWUS53 KDDC 050052 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 752 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011 KSC075-093-050102- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-110805T0100Z/ KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS- 652 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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 3797 10168 3781 10144 3777 10161 3778 10176 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 210DEG 28KT 3790 10167 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 12:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 38 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.