Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2011, 3:12 PM CDT for Finney County, Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 19, 2011, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 19, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Wsw Kendall, KS | |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 N Holcomb, KS | |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 N Holcomb, KS |
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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358 WUUS53 KDDC 192012 SVRDDC KSC055-075-093-192100- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0241.110819T2012Z-110819T2100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/ * AT 209 PM MDT/309 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENDALL TO 6 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KENDALL... LAKIN... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY 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 3825 10134 3808 10060 3775 10097 3792 10176 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 224DEG 13KT 3796 10157 3781 10097 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
376
WWUS53 KDDC 192034
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011
KSC075-192043-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-110819T2100Z/
HAMILTON KS-
234 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3800 10154 3825 10134 3808 10060 3782 10094
3795 10155 3797 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 224DEG 13KT 3801 10150 3786 10090
$$
KSC055-093-192100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-110819T2100Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FINNEY
AND NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF KENDALL TO PLYMELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...
HOLCOMB...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KEARNY AND WESTERN FINNEY 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 3800 10154 3825 10134 3808 10060 3782 10094
3795 10155 3797 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 224DEG 13KT 3801 10150 3786 10090
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
SUGDEN177
WWUS53 KDDC 192055
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011
KSC055-093-192106-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-110819T2100Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
355 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN
KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3800 10154 3825 10134 3808 10060 3782 10094
3795 10155 3797 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 224DEG 13KT 3809 10140 3794 10080
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Scott | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 58 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.