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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 9:57 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 30, 2011, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 30, 10:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Ne Victoria, 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 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WUUS53 KDDC 310257 SVRDDC KSC051-310345- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0055.110531T0257Z-110531T0345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 957 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 955 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 VICTORIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VICTORIA... WALKER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY. 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 3894 9904 3870 9904 3870 9939 3895 9924 TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 276DEG 38KT 3882 9911 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
570 WWUS53 KDDC 310318 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1018 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSC051-310345- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110531T0345Z/ ELLIS KS- 1018 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALKER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALKER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3870 9928 3894 9914 3894 9904 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 267DEG 34KT 3886 9899 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
644 WWUS53 KDDC 310347 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1047 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSC051-310356- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110531T0345Z/ ELLIS KS- 1047 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3870 9928 3894 9914 3894 9904 3870 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 267DEG 34KT 3886 9899 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| May 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| May 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford | 52 min |
| May 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 30, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 31, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 52 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.