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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2011, 6:44 PM CDT for Ness County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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 29, 2011, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 29, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Alexander, KS | |
| May 29, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E Alexander, KS | |
| May 29, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Se Bison, KS | |
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | S Liebenthal, 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 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725
WUUS53 KDDC 292344
SVRDDC
KSC135-145-165-300030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0053.110529T2344Z-110530T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BAZINE TO ASH VALLEY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDER...
MCCRACKEN...
RUSH CENTER...
TIMKEN...
LIEBENTHAL...
LORETTA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND RUSH
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 3869 9954 3870 9904 3836 9912 3823 9935
3840 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 230DEG 40KT 3851 9961 3831 9926
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 300017
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
717 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011
KSC135-145-300024-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110530T0030Z/
PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-
717 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NESS AND
NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3852 9909 3852 9923 3864 9956 3869 9954
3870 9909 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 210DEG 37KT 3866 9928
$$
KSC165-300030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110530T0030Z/
RUSH KS-
717 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RUSH
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 713 PM 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 NEAR
LIEBENTHAL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIEBENTHAL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
ALEXANDER AT 650 PM.
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 3852 9909 3852 9923 3864 9956 3869 9954
3870 9909 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 210DEG 37KT 3866 9928
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 2 more | 110 min |
| May 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 42 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 39 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.