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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2011Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 11:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDighton, KSPOWER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

562 
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

$$

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2 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

$$

18
768 
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

$$

18

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton46 min
Jun 1, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton54 min
Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis27 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stevens60 min
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Jun 2, 4:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more16 hr

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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.