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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 2011Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2011, 6:32 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 19, 2011, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 19, 6:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	8 Nne Yocemento, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

278 
WUUS53 KDDC 192332
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-200030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0243.110819T2332Z-110820T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING   
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF 
  ELLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS
  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 3894 9923 3895 9963 3911 9964 3914 9965
      3914 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 233DEG 21KT 3912 9949
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

1 follow-up statement

390 
WWUS53 KDDC 192355
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

KSC195-200004-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-110820T0030Z/
TREGO KS-
655 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3895 9946 3902 9949 3913 9952 3914 9922
      3894 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 233DEG 21KT 3904 9937

$$

KSC051-200030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-110820T0030Z/
ELLIS KS-
655 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 648 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH 
OF YOCEMENTO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY.

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 3895 9946 3902 9949 3913 9952 3914 9922
      3894 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 233DEG 21KT 3904 9937
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

The 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, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny	48 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

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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.