Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 12, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 12, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nne Wright, 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 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2073 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 122128
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-122215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0231.110812T2128Z-110812T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
428 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF JETMORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN
COUNTIES.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR HODGEMAN COUNTY.
AT 4:17 PM CDT...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND A WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WAS
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT 5 MILES SOUTH OF JETMORE.
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 3807 9958 3791 9958 3780 9997 3794 10002
3808 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 309DEG 20KT 3797 9984
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
122 follow-up statements
417
WWUS53 KDDC 122146
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
446 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
KSC057-083-122215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-110812T2215Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
446 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES WEST OF SPEARVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3807 9958 3791 9958 3780 9997 3794 10002
3808 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 028DEG 12KT 3788 9987
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN
$$
12709
WWUS53 KDDC 122207
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
507 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
KSC057-083-122217-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-110812T2215Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
507 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT/415 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.
LAT...LON 3807 9958 3791 9958 3780 9997 3794 10002
3808 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 028DEG 12KT 3782 9991
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 63 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.