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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Macksville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 20 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.