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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2011Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 7:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 889 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade, Seward29 min
Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens35 min
Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade, Seward35 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray29 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade47 min
Jun 11, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards47 min
Jun 12, 3:26 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCMeade, Morton, Seward, Stevens11 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.