Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 9:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2011, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 3674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139
WUUS53 KDDC 040221
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-175-189-040315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0066.110604T0221Z-110604T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
921 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 918 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 7 MILES WEST OF MOSCOW...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOSCOW...
CAVE...
RYUS...
SATANTA...
SUBLETTE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HASKELL...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...NORTHERN
SEWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT 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 3774 10103 3760 10079 3726 10072 3728 10136
3739 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 239DEG 34KT 3736 10131
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
398
WWUS53 KDDC 040232
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
932 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011
KSC067-081-175-189-040315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110604T0315Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
932 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GRANT...WESTERN HASKELL...NORTHERN SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF MOSCOW...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOSCOW...
CAVE...
RYUS...
SATANTA...
SUBLETTE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...NORTHERN SEWARD...
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND WESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3733 10128 3743 10132 3774 10103 3760 10079
3726 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 239DEG 34KT 3742 10119
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
FINCH669
WWUS53 KDDC 040313
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1013 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011
KSC067-081-175-189-040324-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110604T0315Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
1013 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...WESTERN
HASKELL...NORTHERN SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT/915 PM MDT/...
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 3733 10128 3743 10132 3774 10103 3760 10079
3726 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 239DEG 34KT 3762 10076
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.