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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2011Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 28, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 3:42 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 N Iuka, KSTREES UP TO TWO FEET IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND IRRIGATION SPRINKLERS WERE TOPPLED. HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER COVERED THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
May 28, 4:00 AM CDTHAIL 24 Sw Neola, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2011-05-28Temperature 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 2011-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

446 
WUUS53 KDDC 280833
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-280915-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0052.110528T0833Z-110528T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
333 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 329 AM 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 NEAR
  BYERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BYERS...
  STAFFORD...
  PRESTON...
  NEOLA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD
  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 3775 9894 3792 9895 3811 9847 3808 9846
      3783 9847 3782 9846 3772 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 265DEG 30KT 3784 9882
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

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3 follow-up statements
363 
WWUS53 KDDC 280843
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

KSC151-185-280915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110528T0915Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
343 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BYERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRESTON...
  NEOLA...
  ZENITH...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN STAFFORD
  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 3777 9881 3794 9886 3811 9847 3808 9846
      3783 9847 3782 9846 3772 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 265DEG 30KT 3785 9871
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

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184 
WWUS53 KDDC 280853
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
353 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

KSC151-185-280915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110528T0915Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
353 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

AT 348 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRESTON...
  NEOLA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD
  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 3778 9875 3792 9873 3792 9847 3783 9847
      3782 9846 3772 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 273DEG 32KT 3782 9859
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

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333 
WWUS53 KDDC 280910
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

KSC151-185-280920-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110528T0915Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
410 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND
SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT/315 AM
MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3778 9875 3792 9873 3792 9847 3783 9847
      3782 9846 3772 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 273DEG 32KT 3778 9846

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford62 min
May 28, 3:54 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more35 hr
May 28, 3:54 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more42 hr
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more36 hr
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more32 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.