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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 6:22 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
May 24, 2011, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 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
May 24, 6:40 AM CDTHAIL 0.753 Nne Ellis, KS
May 24, 7:00 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Sw Catherine, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

900 
WUUS53 KDDC 241122
SVRDDC
KSC051-241200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0027.110524T1122Z-110524T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
622 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 620 AM 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
  ELLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLIS...
  YOCEMENTO...
  CATHARINE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS 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 3914 9915 3881 9916 3887 9959 3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1122Z 270DEG 15KT 3897 9954
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
518 
WWUS53 KDDC 241137
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC051-241200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110524T1200Z/
ELLIS KS-
637 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS
COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 634 AM 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 5 MILES
NORTH OF YOCEMENTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YOCEMENTO...
  HAYS...
  CATHARINE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ELLIS 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 3890 9952 3914 9954 3914 9915 3881 9916
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 267DEG 22KT 3898 9940
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark40 min
May 24, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott39 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott61 min
May 24, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott42 min
May 24, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott45 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness52 min
May 24, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego52 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego46 min
May 24, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
May 24, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush40 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens42 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens45 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens37 min
May 24, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton39 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell43 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell45 min
May 24, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell40 min
May 24, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stevens32 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray47 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray46 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray41 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton50 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane43 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness27 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness21 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt29 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford39 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush39 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 min
May 24, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford24 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush, Trego28 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush22 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush51 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush15 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush16 min
May 24, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford32 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa3 hr
May 24, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush24 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush20 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee18 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.