Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 5:06 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2011, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 5:45 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 Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
586 WUUS53 KDDC 192206 SVRDDC KSC047-097-192245- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0008.110519T2206Z-110519T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 506 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 502 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 NEAR HAVILAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAVILAND... FELLSBURG... TROUSDALE... LEWIS... BELPRE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS AND NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3754 9940 3800 9935 3798 9902 3749 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 214DEG 40KT 3770 9914 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
743
WWUS53 KDDC 192219
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
519 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
KSC097-192228-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110519T2245Z/
KIOWA KS-
519 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3774 9926 3799 9919 3799 9918 3799 9912
3798 9902 3774 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 195DEG 36KT 3787 9904
$$
KSC047-192245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110519T2245Z/
EDWARDS KS-
519 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
EDWARDS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 516 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 NEAR
TROUSDALE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROUSDALE...
BELPRE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3774 9926 3799 9919 3799 9918 3799 9912
3798 9902 3774 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 195DEG 36KT 3787 9904
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RUSSELL714
WWUS53 KDDC 192247
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
547 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
KSC047-192257-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110519T2245Z/
EDWARDS KS-
547 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3774 9926 3799 9919 3799 9918 3799 9912
3798 9902 3774 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 195DEG 36KT 3788 9904
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.