Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 5:20 PM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 5:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Nne Ness City, KS | |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Sse Ransom, KS | |
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Brownell, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854 WUUS53 KDDC 242220 SVRDDC KSC135-165-195-242300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0047.110524T2220Z-110524T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 520 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF RANSOM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARNOLD... RANSOM... BROWNELL... CEDAR BLUFF... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO 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 3897 9989 3862 9955 3843 10006 3857 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 215DEG 31KT 3858 9989 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN $$ AWJ
2 follow-up statements
933
WWUS53 KDDC 242244
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
KSC165-242254-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T2300Z/
RUSH KS-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RUSH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3887 9986 3865 9958 3861 9959 3853 9991
3868 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 222DEG 34KT 3871 9970
$$
KSC135-195-242300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T2300Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NESS AND SOUTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROWNELL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHERN TREGO
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 3887 9986 3865 9958 3861 9959 3853 9991
3868 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 222DEG 34KT 3871 9970
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN
$$
SUGDEN331
WWUS53 KDDC 242248
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
KSC135-195-242258-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T2300Z/
TREGO KS-NESS KS-
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3887 9986 3865 9958 3861 9959 3853 9991
3868 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 222DEG 34KT 3869 9960
$$
SUGDENThe 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, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 40 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, 5:27 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.