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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 11:44 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
066 WUUS53 KDDC 310444 SVRDDC KSC047-145-185-310530- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0059.110531T0444Z-110531T0530Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1144 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RADIUM TO BELPRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELPRE... SEWARD... DILLWYN... ST. JOHN... STAFFORD... ZENITH... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EDWARDS, PAWNEE AND 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 3791 9925 3827 9904 3826 9848 3789 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 262DEG 43KT 3824 9888 3792 9911 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
521 WWUS53 KDDC 310523 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1223 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 KSC047-145-185-310532- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110531T0530Z/ STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS- 1223 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT/1130 PM MDT/... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 1 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3791 9925 3827 9904 3826 9848 3789 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 262DEG 43KT 3830 9829 3798 9852 $$ 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, 10:33 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, 11:52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.