Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 8:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Wnw Ingalls, 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.
| 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
986 WUUS53 KDDC 120043 SVRDDC KSC055-069-120130- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0083.110612T0043Z-110612T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 743 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA TO CHARLESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON... INGALLS... KALVESTA... CIMARRON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY 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 3816 10023 3773 10022 3781 10065 3813 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 264DEG 21KT 3806 10049 3783 10058 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
002 WWUS53 KDDC 120055 RRA SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 755 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC055-069-120130- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110612T0130Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 755 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KALVESTA TO CIMARRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALVESTA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3816 10023 3773 10022 3781 10065 3813 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 279DEG 31KT 3804 10027 3781 10031 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN $$ RUSSELL
528 WWUS53 KDDC 120112 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 812 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC055-069-120122- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110612T0130Z/ GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 812 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY 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 3816 10023 3773 10022 3781 10065 3813 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 279DEG 31KT 3802 10009 3779 10014 $$ 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 35 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.