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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 8, 2011Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 9:48 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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, 10:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 654 Nnw Hardtner, KSA COUPLE OF TWO-FOOT DIAMETER TREES WERE UPROOTED.
Jun 8, 10:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 Nnw Hardtner, 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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

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The text

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

897 
WUUS53 KDDC 090248
SVRDDC
KSC007-090345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.110609T0248Z-110609T0345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 942 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
  HARDTNER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER...
  KIOWA...
  HAZELTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN 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 3699 9835 3699 9881 3707 9884 3727 9835
      3720 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 254DEG 15KT 3702 9870
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
476 
WWUS53 KDDC 090308
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1008 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

KSC007-090345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110609T0345Z/
BARBER KS-
1008 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1006 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
HARDTNER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER...
  KIOWA...
  HAZELTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN 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 3699 9835 3700 9868 3709 9867 3727 9835
      3720 9834 3700 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 254DEG 15KT 3704 9860
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KRUSE
503 
WWUS53 KDDC 090340
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

KSC007-090351-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110609T0345Z/
BARBER KS-
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/...

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 3701 9849 3711 9851 3716 9835 3700 9834
      3699 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 238DEG 16KT 3709 9834

$$

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, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.