Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 3:59 AM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- May 24, 2011, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:40 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | N Healy, KS | |
| May 24, 4:46 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Healy, KS | |
| May 24, 4:50 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Healy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758 WUUS53 KDDC 240859 SVRDDC KSC101-171-241000- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0024.110524T0859Z-110524T1000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 359 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 354 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT STATE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTT STATE LAKE... MANNING... HEALY... SHIELDS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3870 10037 3859 10034 3852 10090 3870 10093 TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 250DEG 21KT 3864 10082 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
290 WWUS53 KDDC 240923 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC101-171-241000- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110524T1000Z/ SCOTT KS-LANE KS- 423 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 418 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANNING...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANNING... HEALY... SHIELDS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK TO MODERATE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3870 10037 3859 10034 3852 10090 3870 10093 TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 250DEG 21KT 3859 10074 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 40 min |
| May 24, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| May 24, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| May 24, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 40 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 40 min |
| May 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stevens | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 21 min |
| May 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush, Trego | 28 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 22 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 15 min |
| May 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 16 min |
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 20 min |
| May 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 18 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.