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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2011, 8:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Ene Zook, KS | SMALL HAIL ALSO OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. |
| Aug 7, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | St. John, KS | A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF SAINT JOHN. ALSO, POWER LINES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN SAINT JOHN AS WELL AS SOME TREE DAMAGE. |
| Aug 7, 9:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Stafford, KS | RURAL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF STAFFORD. |
| Aug 7, 9:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 9 Ese St. John, KS | A WIND GUST OF 65 MPH AND HAIL SMALLER THAN A QUARTER WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JOHN. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
760 WUUS53 KDDC 080132 SVRDDC KSC047-145-151-185-080215- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0207.110808T0132Z-110808T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 827 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 BELPRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELPRE... MACKSVILLE... DILLWYN... ST. JOHN... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHERN PRATT... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EDWARDS COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 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 3809 9857 3772 9858 3778 9920 3809 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 270DEG 20KT 3790 9907 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
923 WWUS53 KDDC 080203 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 903 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 KSC047-145-080212- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-110808T0215Z/ PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS- 903 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3776 9896 3809 9887 3809 9857 3772 9858 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 255DEG 58KT 3800 9857 $$ KSC151-185-080215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-110808T0215Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS- 903 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PRATT AND CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAFFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 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 3776 9896 3809 9887 3809 9857 3772 9858 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 255DEG 58KT 3800 9857 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
744 WWUS53 KDDC 080214 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 914 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 KSC151-185-080223- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-110808T0215Z/ STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS- 914 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PRATT AND CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 945 CDT. LAT...LON 3776 9896 3809 9887 3809 9857 3772 9858 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 255DEG 58KT 3805 9835 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| 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, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 51 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.