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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Se Big Bow, KS	A POWER POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN.
Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 85	4 Ne Big Bow, KS	HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ACCOMPANIED THE STORM.
Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Ne Big Bow, KS	PREVIOUS REPORT WAS QUARTER SIZE HAIL, BUT FOUND SOME GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE AND HOUSE.
Jun 11, 6:07 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Ulysses, KS
Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Wnw Ulysses, KS	WIND WAS MEASURED BY AWOS IN ULYSSES.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

631 
WUUS53 KDDC 112251
SVRDDC
KSC067-129-187-189-112330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0076.110611T2251Z-110611T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 546 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 12
  MILES SOUTH OF BIG BOW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ULYSSES...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MORTON...NORTHWESTERN STEVENS...
  SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN GRANT 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 3768 10154 3750 10111 3728 10146 3736 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 197DEG 36KT 3744 10151
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

781 
WWUS53 KDDC 112308
SVSDDC

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

KSC187-189-112318-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110611T2330Z/
STEVENS KS-STANTON KS-
608 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3750 10111 3746 10136 3754 10153 3767 10153
      3767 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 197DEG 36KT 3760 10145

$$

KSC067-112330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110611T2330Z/
GRANT KS-
608 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GRANT
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 605 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES WEST OF ULYSSES...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ULYSSES...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN GRANT 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 3750 10111 3746 10136 3754 10153 3767 10153
      3767 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 197DEG 36KT 3760 10145
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

SUGDEN

402 
WWUS53 KDDC 112323
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-112333-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110611T2330Z/
GRANT KS-
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/...

LAT...LON 3750 10111 3746 10136 3754 10153 3767 10153
      3767 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 197DEG 36KT 3774 10139

$$

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, 5:19 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, 5:55 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.