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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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 7, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Se Jetmore, KS | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Aug 7, 7:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Hanston, KS | POWERLINES 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 11 min |
| Aug 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 51 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.