Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 10:33 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | W Bison, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
334 WUUS53 KDDC 310333 SVRDDC KSC165-310415- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0056.110531T0333Z-110531T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1033 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1032 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 OTIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTIS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH 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 3869 9903 3835 9904 3836 9944 3870 9935 TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 267DEG 36KT 3852 9910 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
008 WWUS53 KDDC 310403 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1103 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSC165-310415- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110531T0415Z/ RUSH KS- 1103 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAFFER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHAFFER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3836 9934 3869 9915 3869 9903 3835 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 276DEG 38KT 3846 9903 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
541 WWUS53 KDDC 310415 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1115 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSC165-310425- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110531T0415Z/ RUSH KS- 1115 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3836 9934 3869 9915 3869 9903 3835 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 276DEG 38KT 3844 9887 $$ 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, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 48 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 |
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.