Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2011, 9:16 AM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 11, 2011, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 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 11, 9:16 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Ft. Dodge, KS | |
| May 11, 9:17 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 11 Ene Dodge City, KS |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WUUS53 KDDC 111416 SVRDDC KSC057-083-111500- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.110511T1416Z-110511T1500Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 916 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 911 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHT... SPEARVILLE... JETMORE... HANSTON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHERN FORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3820 9995 3821 9956 3770 9973 3771 9992 TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 181DEG 43KT 3780 9983 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ AWJ
2 follow-up statements
870
WWUS53 KDDC 111437
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
937 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
KSC057-111445-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1500Z/
FORD KS-
937 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF FORD COUNTY
AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...AT 917 AM
HAIL UP 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 11 MILES EAST TO
NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3820 9995 3821 9957 3819 9957 3793 9965
3792 9966 3792 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 181DEG 43KT 3803 9982
$$
KSC083-111500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1500Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
937 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 930 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 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JETMORE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
AT 917 AM... HAIL UP 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 11 MILES
EAST TO NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JETMORE...
HANSTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 9995 3821 9957 3819 9957 3793 9965
3792 9966 3792 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 181DEG 43KT 3803 9982
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
AWJ475
WWUS53 KDDC 111457
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
957 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
KSC083-111506-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1500Z/
HODGEMAN KS-
957 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT/900 AM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO EASTERN NESS AND WESTERN RUSH
COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3820 9995 3821 9957 3819 9957 3793 9965
3792 9966 3792 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 181DEG 43KT 3828 9981
$$
AWJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 72 min |
| May 11, 5:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 2 hr |
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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.