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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 7:34 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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 8, 2011, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Ssw Lake City, KS | |
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Ssw Isabel, KS | |
| Jun 8, 8:24 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 11 S Lake City, KS | |
| Jun 8, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 8 Wsw Medicine Lodge, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186
WUUS53 KDDC 090034
SVRDDC
KSC007-090130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0068.110609T0034Z-110609T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 733 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 9
MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BARBER COUNTY.
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 3711 9884 3723 9894 3747 9856 3738 9847
3737 9836 3729 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 234DEG 25KT 3722 9880
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
KRUSE1 follow-up statement
895
WWUS53 KDDC 090100
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
KSC007-090130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110609T0130Z/
BARBER KS-
800 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9884 3723 9894 3747 9856 3738 9847
3737 9836 3729 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 235DEG 11KT 3726 9877
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 57 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.