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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 4:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
May 19, 2011, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 4:50 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Macksville, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1795 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.4
Supercell composite
15.9

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The text

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

845 
WUUS53 KDDC 192150
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-151-185-192230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.110519T2150Z-110519T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR HOPEWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BYERS...
  BELPRE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  DILLWYN...
  ST. JOHN...
  RADIUM...
  HUDSON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3824 9909 3824 9847 3768 9879 3776 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 210DEG 36KT 3782 9892
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
346 
WWUS53 KDDC 192216
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC047-145-151-185-192230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T2230Z/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
516 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND STAFFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 512 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. 
THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE 
HAIL...AND HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. JOHN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. JOHN...
  HUDSON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES.

AT AROUND 5 PM...PRATT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DAMAGED 
CENTER PIVOTS DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3824 9909 3824 9847 3768 9879 3776 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 210DEG 36KT 3802 9880
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane46 min
May 18, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee43 min
May 18, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee25 min
May 19, 8:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more2 hr
May 19, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche62 min
May 19, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa41 min
May 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa39 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford46 min
May 19, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord53 min
May 19, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman20 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.