Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 8:08 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
- Apr 9, 2011, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Nw Hudson, KS | |
| Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Ese Seward, KS | |
| Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Se Seward, KS | PENNY TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS COVERING THE ROAD. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 4844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
959
WUUS53 KDDC 100108
SVRDDC
KSC185-100145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.110410T0108Z-110410T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
808 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTH OF DILLWYN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEWARD...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STAFFORD 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 3800 9883 3804 9892 3808 9892 3826 9883
3825 9849 3818 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 217DEG 40KT 3809 9881
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
995
WWUS53 KDDC 100127
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
KSC185-100145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110410T0145Z/
STAFFORD KS-
827 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTH OF HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A STORM CHASER 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SEWARD AT 818 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 9865 3816 9879 3824 9872 3825 9849
3818 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 228DEG 38KT 3820 9866
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$
FINCH076
WWUS53 KDDC 100141
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
841 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
KSC185-100151-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110410T0145Z/
STAFFORD KS-
841 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3813 9865 3816 9879 3824 9872 3825 9849
3818 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 228DEG 38KT 3832 9849
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 20 hr |
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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.