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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 2011Finney County, Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 601 Wsw Kendall, KS
Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 N Holcomb, KS
Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 605 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

SUGDEN
177 
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

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Hamilton, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens39 min
Aug 19, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward59 min
Aug 19, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Scott45 min
Aug 19, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Scott59 min
Aug 19, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego61 min
Aug 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego62 min
Aug 19, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego58 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.