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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 26, 2011Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 26, 5:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 607 Ssw Voda, KS
Aug 26, 5:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.887 Ssw Voda, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2011-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

634 
WUUS53 KDDC 262200
SVRDDC
KSC195-262245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0247.110826T2200Z-110826T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 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 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF VODA.  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TREGO CENTER...
  WAKEENEY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO 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 3903 9975 3882 9981 3890 10014 3905 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 188DEG 0KT 3895 10001
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
2 follow-up statements
853 
WWUS53 KDDC 262219
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
519 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011

KSC195-262245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110826T2245Z/
TREGO KS-
519 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF VODA.  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLLYER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN TREGO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 9988 3885 9991 3890 10014 3905 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 188DEG 0KT 3895 10001
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

WAH
497 
WWUS53 KDDC 262239
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011

KSC195-262249-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-110826T2245Z/
TREGO KS-
539 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3901 9988 3885 9991 3890 10014 3905 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 188DEG 0KT 3895 10001

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego51 min
Aug 26, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego43 min
Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess47 min
Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane49 min
Aug 26, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego12 min
Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
Aug 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray32 min
Aug 26, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney48 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.