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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 8, 2011Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 8:28 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 8, 2011, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 9:11 PM CDT
In force
43 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 608 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2303 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

411 
WUUS53 KDDC 090128
SVRDDC
KSC007-090230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0070.110609T0128Z-110609T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
828 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 824 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 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
  WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING BARBER COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  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 3714 9877 3729 9887 3742 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3735 9834 3720 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 249DEG 18KT 3722 9871
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
006 
WWUS53 KDDC 090152
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
852 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

KSC007-090230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110609T0230Z/
BARBER KS-
852 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARBER
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL 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 3717 9864 3731 9880 3742 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3735 9834 3720 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 249DEG 18KT 3729 9859
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
750 
WWUS53 KDDC 090201
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
901 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

KSC007-090230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110609T0230Z/
BARBER KS-
901 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3721 9857 3734 9868 3742 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3735 9834 3720 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 249DEG 18KT 3731 9854
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
254 
WWUS53 KDDC 090211
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
911 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

KSC007-090221-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110609T0230Z/
BARBER KS-
911 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 3721 9857 3734 9868 3742 9846 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3735 9834 3720 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 249DEG 18KT 3733 9848

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber56 min
Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt32 min
Jun 8, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber57 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.