Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2011, 7:33 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 8, 2011, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 8, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 N Shields, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206
WUUS53 KDDC 090033
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-090130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0209.110809T0033Z-110809T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
733 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAINFIELD TO 10 MILES
WEST OF GOVE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT STATE LAKE...
HEALY...
SHIELDS...
PENDENNIS...
SHALLOW WATER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND SCOTT 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 3870 10025 3860 10024 3841 10037 3827 10101
3871 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 335DEG 33KT 3910 10053 3892 10067
3883 10101
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
724
WWUS53 KDDC 090109
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
KSC171-090118-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-110809T0130Z/
SCOTT KS-
809 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3870 10025 3859 10025 3841 10037 3834 10069
3871 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 335DEG 33KT 3863 10047
$$
KSC101-090130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-110809T0130Z/
LANE KS-
809 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIELDS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHIELDS...
DIGHTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE 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 3870 10025 3859 10025 3841 10037 3834 10069
3871 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 335DEG 33KT 3863 10047
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
GERARD377
WWUS53 KDDC 090117
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
817 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
KSC101-090130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-110809T0130Z/
LANE KS-
817 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LANE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIELDS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
AT 800 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS 15 MILES NORTH OF
DIGHTON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHIELDS...
DIGHTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 10049 3863 10056 3870 10052 3870 10025
3859 10025 3841 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 335DEG 33KT 3856 10043
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness | 43 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.