Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 8, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 8:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 E Beeler, KS | |
| Aug 8, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 S Ness City, KS | THE SPOTTER WAS SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY U.S. 283. |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
967
WUUS53 KDDC 090125
SVRDDC
KSC083-101-135-090215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0210.110809T0125Z-110809T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
825 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF UTICA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTICA...
ALAMOTA...
BEELER...
NESS CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NESS...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN 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 3869 10001 3837 9965 3809 10008 3848 10041
3870 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 321DEG 31KT 3854 10021
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
982
WWUS53 KDDC 090156
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
856 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
KSC101-090206-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110809T0215Z/
LANE KS-
856 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3838 10020 3851 10012 3856 9993 3837 9965
3809 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 321DEG 31KT 3833 10000
$$
KSC083-135-090215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110809T0215Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
856 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS 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 3838 10020 3851 10012 3856 9993 3837 9965
3809 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 321DEG 31KT 3833 10000
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
GERARD753
WWUS53 KDDC 090212
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
912 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
KSC083-135-090222-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110809T0215Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
912 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN AND
SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3838 10020 3851 10012 3856 9993 3837 9965
3809 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 321DEG 31KT 3822 9989
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 57 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.