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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 3:44 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 11, 2011, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 4:10 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	17 N Syracuse, 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, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

795 
WUUS53 KDDC 112144
SVRDDC
KSC075-112245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0073.110611T2144Z-110611T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 440 PM CDT/340 PM MDT/...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 9 MILES WEST OF HOLLY...OR 16 MILES WEST OF COOLIDGE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOLIDGE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON 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 3826 10205 3827 10155 3823 10154 3787 10164
      3776 10194 3774 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 255DEG 31KT 3806 10225
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

1 follow-up statement

436 
WWUS53 KDDC 112211
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
411 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

KSC075-112245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110611T2245Z/
HAMILTON KS-
411 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 408 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLY...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOLIDGE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON 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 3826 10205 3827 10155 3823 10154 3787 10164
      3776 10194 3774 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 256DEG 24KT 3809 10208
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 5:02 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more	3 hr
Jun 11, 2:09 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton, Hodgeman and 2 more	12 hr
Jun 11, 2:09 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	12 hr
Jun 11, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	45 min
Jun 11, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	46 min
Jun 11, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	48 min
Jun 11, 4:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	54 min
Jun 11, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	39 min
Jun 11, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
Jun 11, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	42 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	47 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	48 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.