Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2011, 8:32 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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
- Jun 2, 2011, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 2, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Se Feterita, KS | |
| Jun 2, 9:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Se Feterita, KS |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 030132
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-129-175-189-030230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0065.110603T0132Z-110603T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
832 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FETERITA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FETERITA...
HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...
CAVE...
RYUS...
SATANTA...
SUBLETTE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN
MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL 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 3732 10159 3762 10093 3740 10071 3700 10072
3699 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 237DEG 47KT 3714 10149
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
FINCH3 follow-up statements
552
WWUS53 KDDC 030202
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
902 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
KSC129-030211-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110603T0230Z/
MORTON KS-
902 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3702 10155 3736 10150 3762 10093 3740 10071
3700 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 259DEG 22KT 3720 10137
$$
KSC067-081-175-189-030230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110603T0230Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
902 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...SEWARD AND STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 930
PM CDT...
AT 858 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 NEAR HUGOTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FETERITA...
HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...
WOODS...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN
HASKELL 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 3702 10155 3736 10150 3762 10093 3740 10071
3700 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 259DEG 22KT 3720 10137
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
FINCH299
WWUS53 KDDC 030220
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
920 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
KSC067-081-175-189-030230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110603T0230Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
920 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...SEWARD AND EASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGOTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 910 PM 60 MPH WINDS WERE ESTIMATED 6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
HUGOTON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOSCOW...
WOODS...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STEVENS...SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT
AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 10134 3744 10127 3762 10093 3740 10071
3700 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 259DEG 22KT 3722 10123
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
FINCH886
WWUS53 KDDC 030230
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
930 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
KSC067-081-175-189-030240-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110603T0230Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
930 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...
SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...SEWARD AND EASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3704 10134 3744 10127 3762 10093 3740 10071
3700 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 259DEG 22KT 3723 10115
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 52 min |
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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.