Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2011, 4:17 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 26, 2011, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 26, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wnw Ellis, KS | |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 N Trego Center, KS | |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 N Trego Center, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WUUS53 KDDC 262117 SVRDDC KSC051-195-262200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0245.110826T2117Z-110826T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 417 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 415 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 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TREGO CENTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TREGO CENTER... OGALLAH... CEDAR BLUFF... RIGA... ELLIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO AND WESTERN 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 3901 9951 3873 9955 3882 9994 3900 9993 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 276DEG 14KT 3894 9982 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ WAH
1 follow-up statement
272 WWUS53 KDDC 262132 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 432 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011 KSC051-195-262200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-110826T2200Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 432 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ELLIS AND CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLAH...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TREGO CENTER... OGALLAH... RIGA... ELLIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3901 9951 3876 9959 3888 9994 3900 9993 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 276DEG 14KT 3893 9975 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 12 min |
| Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 48 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.