Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604 WUUS53 KDDC 080100 SVRDDC KSC055-067-075-093-187-080145- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0270.111008T0100Z-111008T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 800 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/ * AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKIN... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY...NORTHEASTERN STANTON...NORTHWESTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL REPLACE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF GRANT AND KEARNEY 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 3814 10132 3813 10081 3760 10132 3773 10156 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 217DEG 41KT 3776 10133 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
795 WWUS53 KDDC 080122 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC067-080132- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-111008T0145Z/ GRANT KS- 822 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3814 10132 3813 10081 3777 10124 3785 10136 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 205DEG 36KT 3789 10121 $$ KSC055-093-080145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-111008T0145Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 822 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FINNEY AND EASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 821 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 LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKIN... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KEARNY AND WESTERN FINNEY 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 3814 10132 3813 10081 3777 10124 3785 10136 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 205DEG 36KT 3789 10121 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
851 WWUS53 KDDC 080138 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 838 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC055-093-080145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-111008T0145Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 838 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FINNEY AND CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KEARNY AND WESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3794 10122 3796 10134 3814 10132 3813 10096 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 205DEG 39KT 3807 10113 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 53 min |
| Oct 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 15 min |
| Oct 7, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 55 min |
| Oct 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 45 min |
| Oct 8, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 18 min |
| Oct 8, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Meade | 48 min |
| Oct 8, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.