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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2011Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2011, 7:03 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 7, 2011, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 7:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 75Se Jetmore, KSWINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE.
Aug 7, 7:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Hanston, KSPOWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2011-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1380 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

280 
WUUS53 KDDC 080003
SVRDDC
KSC083-080045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0202.110808T0003Z-110808T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JETMORE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN 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.

DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9959 3791 9973 3799 10003 3818 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 285DEG 15KT 3808 9988
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
960 
WWUS53 KDDC 080035
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

KSC083-080045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-110808T0045Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
735 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 731 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF HANSTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN 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.

DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9959 3791 9973 3799 10003 3818 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 285DEG 15KT 3805 9972
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee40 min
Aug 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa45 min
Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee50 min
Aug 7, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott45 min
Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee11 min
Aug 7, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford43 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford39 min
Aug 8, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.