Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:34 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 4:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022
WUUS53 KDDC 262134
SVRDDC
KSC129-262215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0003.110426T2134Z-110426T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
434 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 432 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 NORTHWEST OF ELKHART...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILBURTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MORTON 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 3707 10205 3720 10205 3721 10205 3727 10172
3700 10173 3705 10205 3706 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 272DEG 12KT 3712 10203
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH1 follow-up statement
206
WWUS53 KDDC 262154
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
454 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KSC129-262204-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110426T2215Z/
MORTON KS-
454 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3707 10205 3720 10205 3721 10205 3727 10172
3700 10173 3705 10205 3706 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 272DEG 12KT 3712 10195
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.