Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2011, 5:20 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 16, 2011, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Rolla, KS | THE CALLER ALSO REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES, ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 45 MPH. STREETS IN ROLLA WERE FLOODING AND A FEW BARRACADES HAD BEEN PUT UP IN ROLLA. |
| Sep 16, 5:43 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nnw Rolla, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084
WUUS53 KDDC 162220
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-162315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0253.110916T2220Z-110916T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
520 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 515 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
ROLLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILBURTON...
ROLLA...
FETERITA...
FETERITA...
HUGOTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS
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 3699 10166 3705 10184 3725 10168 3726 10123
3699 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 283DEG 17KT 3716 10168
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
730
WWUS53 KDDC 162240
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
540 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011
KSC129-189-162315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-110916T2315Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
540 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MORTON AND CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROLLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROLLA...
FETERITA...
HUGOTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL STEVENS AND EASTERN MORTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 10155 3712 10171 3722 10167 3726 10123
3704 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 283DEG 17KT 3714 10156
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH189
WWUS53 KDDC 162302
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
602 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011
KSC129-189-162312-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-110916T2315Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
602 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MORTON AND
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3707 10155 3712 10171 3722 10167 3726 10123
3704 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 283DEG 17KT 3712 10143
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 38 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.