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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 11, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 11, 4:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	9 Wsw Buttermilk, KS
Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 Wsw Buttermilk, 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
Jun 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

596 
WUUS53 KDDC 112115
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-112200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0072.110611T2115Z-110611T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 413 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 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROTECTION...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CLARK AND WESTERN COMANCHE
  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 3699 9963 3736 9965 3735 9938 3700 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 181DEG 28KT 3696 9951
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

126 
WWUS53 KDDC 112133
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

KSC025-112143-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110611T2200Z/
CLARK KS-
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3702 9940 3701 9942 3703 9950 3734 9954
      3735 9940 3735 9938 3727 9938 3710 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 205DEG 26KT 3708 9943

$$

KSC033-112200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110611T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 431 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 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUTTERMILK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROTECTION...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN COMANCHE 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 3702 9940 3701 9942 3703 9950 3734 9954
      3735 9940 3735 9938 3727 9938 3710 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 205DEG 26KT 3708 9943
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

795 
WWUS53 KDDC 112151
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

KSC033-112201-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110611T2200Z/
COMANCHE KS-
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT/400 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 AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3702 9940 3701 9942 3703 9950 3734 9954
      3735 9940 3735 9938 3727 9938 3710 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 205DEG 26KT 3718 9936

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:02 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more	3 hr
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton, Hodgeman and 2 more	12 hr
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	12 hr
Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	61 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	46 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	48 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	54 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	39 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	42 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	47 min
Jun 11, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	48 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.