Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 1, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 6 Wsw Ryus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
894
WUUS53 KDDC 020129
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-129-175-187-189-020215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0063.110602T0129Z-110602T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
829 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES SOUTH OF BIG BOW...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG BOW...
ULYSSES...
MOSCOW...
HICKOK...
RYUS...
SATANTA...
SUBLETTE...
TICE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GRANT...HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN MORTON...
NORTHERN SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND STEVENS 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 3773 10078 3750 10067 3714 10070 3709 10159
3764 10165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 256DEG 40KT 3741 10141
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH1 follow-up statement
475
WWUS53 KDDC 020147
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
847 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
KSC129-187-020157-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110602T0215Z/
STANTON KS-MORTON KS-
847 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3764 10129 3773 10078 3750 10067 3714 10070
3710 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 256DEG 40KT 3746 10117
$$
KSC067-081-175-189-020215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110602T0215Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
847 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
GRANT...HASKELL...NORTHERN SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYUS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKOK...
RYUS...
SATANTA...
SUBLETTE...
TICE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRANT...HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN
STEVENS AND NORTHERN SEWARD 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 3764 10129 3773 10078 3750 10067 3714 10070
3710 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 256DEG 40KT 3746 10117
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 16 hr |
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.