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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 30, 2011Ellis County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 10:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 606 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1933 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis47 min
May 30, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Rush48 min
May 30, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush42 min
May 30, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford52 min
May 30, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa48 min
May 30, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford46 min
May 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa38 min
May 31, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa52 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.