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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 2011Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 7:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.889 N Emmeram, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -105 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-187 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.

617 
WUUS53 KDDC 200014
SVRDDC
KSC051-200100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0244.110820T0014Z-110820T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN         
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMERAM...AND        
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMMERAM...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3913 9903 3872 9904 3871 9904 3871 9929
      3914 9930 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 273DEG 20KT 3896 9916
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
339 
WWUS53 KDDC 200032
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-200100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-110820T0100Z/
ELLIS KS-
732 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
EMMERAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMMERAM...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN 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 3913 9903 3886 9904 3885 9907 3887 9912
      3914 9930 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 273DEG 20KT 3895 9902
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

SUGDEN
964 
WWUS53 KDDC 200052
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-200102-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-110820T0100Z/
ELLIS KS-
752 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3886 9904 3885 9907 3887 9912
      3914 9930 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 259DEG 19KT 3910 9895

$$

SUGDEN

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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.