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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 2, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Hickok, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED A SNAPPED POWER POLE 3 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES ON ROAD M JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 160. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 2576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
714 WUUS53 KDDC 022214 SVRDDC KSC067-022300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0249.110902T2214Z-110902T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 514 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 508 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKOK... AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ULYSSES... HICKOK... RYUS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRANT 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 3772 10111 3739 10109 3739 10150 3758 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 250DEG 22KT 3750 10124 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
984 WWUS53 KDDC 022242 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 542 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 KSC067-022300- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-110902T2300Z/ GRANT KS- 542 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN BIG BOW AND ULYSSES...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RYUS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRANT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3772 10111 3739 10109 3739 10150 3758 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 250DEG 22KT 3755 10107 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
671 WWUS53 KDDC 022252 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 552 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 KSC067-022259- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-110902T2300Z/ GRANT KS- 552 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRANT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDSN TO AROUDN 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM THROUGH AROUND 630 PM. LAT...LON 3772 10111 3739 10109 3739 10150 3758 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 180DEG 0KT 3755 10108 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 45 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.