Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 3:43 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 5 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 19, 2011, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 19, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Ese Buttermilk, KS | |
| May 19, 4:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 E Buttermilk, KS | |
| May 19, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Buttermilk, KS | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL RECIEVED FROM AROUND THE BUTTERMILK AREA, VARYING FROM DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE. THE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM 403 PM TO 420 PM CDT. |
| May 19, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Ene Wilmore, KS | |
| May 19, 4:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ne Coldwater, 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 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561 WUUS53 KDDC 192043 SVRDDC KSC007-033-192145- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0006.110519T2043Z-110519T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 343 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 339 PM CDT/239 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUTTERMILK... AETNA... COLDWATER... WILMORE... LAKE CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COMANCHE AND WESTERN BARBER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3700 9950 3738 9933 3737 9865 3699 9898 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 203DEG 60KT 3690 9922 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ 12
3 follow-up statements
007 WWUS53 KDDC 192102 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC007-033-192145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS- 402 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE AND WESTERN BARBER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUTTERMILK... COLDWATER... WILMORE... LAKE CITY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF COMANCHE AND WESTERN BARBER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3700 9950 3738 9933 3737 9865 3699 9898 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 202DEG 51KT 3713 9919 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ 12
302 WWUS53 KDDC 192134 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 434 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC007-192143- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ BARBER KS- 434 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3706 9947 3738 9933 3737 9903 3704 9927 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 204DEG 54KT 3727 9929 $$ KSC033-192145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ COMANCHE KS- 434 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLDWATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER... WILMORE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3706 9947 3738 9933 3737 9903 3704 9927 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 204DEG 54KT 3727 9929 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ RUSSELL
001 WWUS53 KDDC 192146 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 446 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC033-192155- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T2145Z/ COMANCHE KS- 446 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3706 9947 3738 9933 3737 9903 3704 9927 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 204DEG 54KT 3728 9928 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 20 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.