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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 6, 2011Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2011, 7:32 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
Oct 6, 2011, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2011, 7:55 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 6, 7:35 PM MDTHAIL 110 N Syracuse, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

019 
WUUS53 KDDC 070132
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-070215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0261.111007T0132Z-111007T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/

* AT 726 PM MDT...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
  SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY 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 3827 10180 3827 10135 3826 10135 3786 10179
      3797 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 212DEG 41KT 3805 10175
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
516 
WWUS53 KDDC 070155
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
855 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

KSC075-093-070202-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-111007T0215Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-
755 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN
KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN DODGE CITY. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST HAMILTON AND NORTHWEST KEARNY 
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 MDT. 

LAT...LON 3827 10180 3827 10135 3826 10135 3786 10179
      3797 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 212DEG 41KT 3825 10159

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 7:39 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny26 min
Oct 7, 1:05 AM MDTWind AdvisoryDDCClark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more2 hr
Oct 7, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny41 min
Oct 7, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney38 min
Oct 7, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens46 min
Oct 7, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott32 min
Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny46 min
Oct 7, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens47 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.