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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2011, 5:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
- Oct 7, 2011, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Ene Hickok, KS | |
| Oct 7, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 7 Ene Hickok, KS | |
| Oct 7, 6:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | N Hickok, KS | REPORT RELAYED FROM KSN. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WUUS53 KDDC 072249 SVRDDC KSC055-067-081-093-072330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0262.111007T2249Z-111007T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 549 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 547 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 RYUS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RYUS... PLYMELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN HASKELL 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 3794 10128 3781 10085 3739 10100 3740 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 191DEG 34KT 3753 10111 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
3 follow-up statements
040 WWUS53 KDDC 072301 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC055-067-081-093-072330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-111007T2330Z/ KEARNY KS-HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-GRANT KS- 601 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...WESTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF RYUS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RYUS... PLYMELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3794 10128 3781 10085 3739 10100 3740 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 199DEG 34KT 3766 10105 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ RUSSELL
740 WWUS53 KDDC 072323 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 623 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC055-067-081-093-072330- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-111007T2330Z/ KEARNY KS-HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-GRANT KS- 623 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...WESTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 619 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 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLYMELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY... SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN HASKELL 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 3794 10128 3781 10085 3739 10100 3740 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 202DEG 47KT 3776 10104 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
433 WWUS53 KDDC 072331 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 631 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC055-067-081-093-072340- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-111007T2330Z/ KEARNY KS-HASKELL KS-FINNEY KS-GRANT KS- 631 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...WESTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR GRANT AND WESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3794 10128 3781 10085 3739 10100 3740 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 202DEG 47KT 3784 10099 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 26 min |
| Oct 7, 2:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 47 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.