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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Ellis County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 6:33 PM CDT for Ellis County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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 24, 2011, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 6:53 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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, 6:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	9 Sse La Crosse, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

565 
WUUS53 KDDC 242333
SVRDDC
KSC051-145-165-250015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0050.110524T2333Z-110525T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR RUSH CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSH CENTER...
  BISON...
  LIEBENTHAL...
  LORETTA...
  PFEIFER...
  VICTORIA...
  WALKER...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PAWNEE...RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS
  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 3899 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3849 9902
      3833 9921 3844 9947 3902 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 214DEG 37KT 3847 9927
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

033 
WWUS53 KDDC 242353
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-145-165-250003-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110525T0015Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-ELLIS KS-
653 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS...PAWNEE
AND RUSH 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 GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3899 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3849 9902
      3833 9921 3844 9947 3902 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 214DEG 37KT 3864 9912

$$

GERARD

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, 2:35 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, 5:20 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, 6:38 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.