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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 6:13 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Nw Ulysses, KS	WINDOWS WERE BLOWN FROM A HOUSE BY HIGH WINDS. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED.
Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Wnw Ulysses, KS	WIND WAS MEASURED BY AWOS IN ULYSSES.
Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Nw Ulysses, KS	THE HAIL WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROAD 5 AND ROAD F.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

958 
WUUS53 KDDC 112313
SVRDDC
KSC067-187-120000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0079.110611T2313Z-110612T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE
  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ULYSSES...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL GRANT AND EASTERN STANTON 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 3772 10127 3753 10132 3748 10168 3770 10165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 218DEG 19KT 3763 10143
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN

1 follow-up statement

201 
WWUS53 KDDC 112350
SVSDDC

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

KSC067-187-120000-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-110612T0000Z/
STANTON KS-GRANT KS-
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL
STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 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 3772 10127 3753 10132 3748 10168 3770 10165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 218DEG 19KT 3778 10128

$$

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, 5:51 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, 6:42 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.