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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2011Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2011, 11:29 PM CDT for Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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 18, 2011, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2011, 11:54 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 11:40 PM CDTHAIL 16 Sse Gray, 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 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

353 
WUUS53 KDDC 190429
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-145-190515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0005.110519T0429Z-110519T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1129 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1124 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 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF HANSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAY...
  BURDETT...
  ROZEL...
  FRIZELL...
  ASH VALLEY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND
  PAWNEE 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 3792 9963 3805 9978 3835 9951 3832 9902
      3827 9902 3827 9900 3826 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 216DEG 33KT 3806 9964
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
149 
WWUS53 KDDC 190454
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011

KSC047-083-145-190505-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110519T0515Z/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-
1154 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...EASTERN
HODGEMAN AND PAWNEE 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...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3792 9963 3805 9978 3835 9951 3832 9902
      3827 9902 3827 9900 3826 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 225DEG 33KT 3820 9939

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane46 min
May 18, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee43 min
May 19, 8:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more2 hr
May 19, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche62 min
May 19, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa41 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford40 min
May 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa39 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford46 min
May 19, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord53 min
May 19, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.