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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	6 S Rolla, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

313 
WUUS53 KDDC 112219
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-112300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0074.110611T2219Z-110611T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 518 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WILBURTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROLLA...
  FETERITA...
  HUGOTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS
  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 3701 10175 3729 10168 3717 10125 3699 10151
      3699 10173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 224DEG 22KT 3701 10165
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

1 follow-up statement

079 
WWUS53 KDDC 112241
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-189-112300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110611T2300Z/
STEVENS KS-MORTON KS-
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 536 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 7
MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROLLA...
  FETERITA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS
  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 3700 10165 3710 10167 3727 10165 3717 10125
      3699 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 224DEG 22KT 3704 10159
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

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, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	45 min
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, 5:27 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

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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.