Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 E Shields, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
334 WUUS53 KDDC 120030 SVRDDC KSC101-135-120115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0082.110612T0030Z-110612T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 730 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PENDENNIS TO DIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PENDENNIS... UTICA... BEELER... RANSOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WIND OVER LANE 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 3868 9984 3826 10020 3838 10068 3870 10068 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 280DEG 30KT 3867 10026 3849 10041 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
011 WWUS53 KDDC 120050 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC101-135-120115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110612T0115Z/ NESS KS-LANE KS- 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM UTICA TO BEELER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... UTICA... ARNOLD... RANSOM... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AT 720 PM CDT...A PUBLIC REPORT OF 70 MPH WAS RECEIVED 1 MILE EAST OF SHIELDS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3833 10044 3869 10043 3868 9984 3826 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 271DEG 33KT 3864 10020 3846 10017 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
280 WWUS53 KDDC 120057 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC101-135-120108- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110612T0115Z/ NESS KS-LANE KS- 757 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LANE AND WESTERN NESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3833 10044 3869 10043 3868 9984 3826 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 271DEG 33KT 3864 10008 3846 10005 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 3:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 11 hr |
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.