Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 8, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Sse Sawyer, KS | |
| Jun 8, 8:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sse Sawyer, KS | |
| Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Isabel, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
248 WUUS53 KDDC 090057 SVRDDC KSC007-151-090200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0069.110609T0057Z-110609T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 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 NEAR SAWYER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAWYER... ISABEL... CAIRO... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT 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 3773 9848 3748 9847 3737 9874 3746 9881 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 231DEG 24KT 3744 9870 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
907 WWUS53 KDDC 090118 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 818 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 KSC007-151-090200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110609T0200Z/ PRATT KS-BARBER KS- 818 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ISABEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ISABEL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3767 9848 3748 9847 3743 9863 3748 9871 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 231DEG 24KT 3752 9857 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KRUSE
156 WWUS53 KDDC 090129 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 829 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 KSC007-151-090140- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110609T0200Z/ PRATT KS-BARBER KS- 829 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3767 9848 3748 9847 3743 9863 3748 9871 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 231DEG 24KT 3757 9849 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 56 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.