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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 2, 2011Grant County, Kansas

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.

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
Sep 2, 5:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Hickok, KSSPOTTER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-09-02Temperature 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 2011-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 12:40 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 3 more6 hr
Sep 2, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
Sep 2, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton39 min
Sep 2, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant49 min
Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton42 min
Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton45 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.