Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 10:59 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, 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, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dighton, KS | POWER POLES DOWN WERE DOWNED IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY, AND SEVERE TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DIGHTON. SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED. THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 NAD 80 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 020359
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-020445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0064.110602T0359Z-110602T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1059 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF SHALLOW WATER TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
AMY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHALLOW WATER...
MODOC...
SCOTT CITY...
GRIGSTON...
AMY...
MANNING...
HEALY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND SCOTT 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 3870 10027 3869 10025 3828 10027 3829 10113
3870 10114 3871 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 201DEG 19KT 3839 10102 3827 10050
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
898
WWUS53 KDDC 020436
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1136 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
KSC101-171-020445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110602T0445Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
1136 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANE AND SCOTT
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
AT 1129 PM CDT VERY STRONG WINDS BEHIND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM A
LINE OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SCOTT
AND LANE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMY...
MANNING...
HEALY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10027 3869 10025 3828 10027 3829 10113
3870 10114 3871 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 201DEG 19KT 3855 10094 3843 10042
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$
18768
WWUS53 KDDC 020445
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1145 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
KSC101-171-020455-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110602T0445Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
1145 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3870 10027 3869 10025 3828 10027 3829 10113
3870 10114 3871 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 201DEG 19KT 3856 10090 3844 10039
$$
18The 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, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 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.