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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 2:35 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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: May 24, 2011, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 3:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Garden City, KS
May 24, 3:15 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	1 S Pierceville, KS	TENNIS BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
May 24, 3:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 W Pierceville, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

060 
WUUS53 KDDC 241935
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-081-242015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0034.110524T1935Z-110524T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PLYMELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  GARDEN CITY...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3772 10109 3774 10109 3804 10097 3793 10057
      3772 10068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 224DEG 24KT 3775 10093
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

AWJ

1 follow-up statement

250 
WWUS53 KDDC 242000
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC081-242010-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110524T2015Z/
HASKELL KS-
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN HASKELL
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3774 10094 3777 10099 3804 10097 3793 10057
      3774 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 224DEG 24KT 3783 10085

$$

KSC055-069-242015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110524T2015Z/
GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 257 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLYMELL...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  PIERCEVILLE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHERN FINNEY
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 10094 3777 10099 3804 10097 3793 10057
      3774 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 224DEG 24KT 3783 10085
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	40 min
May 24, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	39 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	61 min
May 24, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	42 min
May 24, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	45 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	42 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	52 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	38 min
May 24, 6:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	52 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	46 min
May 24, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	30 min
May 24, 7:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	40 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	42 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	45 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	37 min
May 24, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	39 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	43 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	45 min
May 24, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stevens	32 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	47 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	46 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	41 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	50 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	46 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	43 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	27 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	21 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	29 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	44 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	39 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	50 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	32 min
May 24, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	44 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	24 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush, Trego	28 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	33 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	22 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	51 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	15 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	16 min
May 24, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	3 hr
May 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	24 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	20 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	18 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.