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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 6:42 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 16 W Liberal, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

323 
WUUS53 KDDC 112342
SVRDDC
KSC175-189-120030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0080.110611T2342Z-110612T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 640 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 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WOODS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODS...
  LIBERAL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD
  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 3732 10104 3703 10088 3701 10120 3720 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 236DEG 17KT 3710 10120
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
823 
WWUS53 KDDC 120010
SVSDDC

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

KSC175-189-120030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110612T0030Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
710 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SEWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 707 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 5 MILES
NORTH OF TYRONE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIBERAL...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD
  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 3710 10094 3703 10093 3702 10119 3712 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 273DEG 13KT 3703 10108
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SUGDEN
397 
WWUS53 KDDC 120023
SVSDDC

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

KSC175-189-120033-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110612T0030Z/
STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
723 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM
MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3710 10094 3703 10093 3702 10119 3712 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 273DEG 13KT 3703 10100

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:02 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more3 hr
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton, Hodgeman and 2 more12 hr
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens12 hr
Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche45 min
Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton61 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton46 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens41 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa48 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton54 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens39 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton42 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton47 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.