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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 8:13 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Sw Meade State Park, KS | ESTIMATED 60MPH WINDS ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE THUNDERSTORM. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
366 WUUS53 KDDC 120113 SVRDDC KSC119-120200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0084.110612T0113Z-110612T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE 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 3712 10055 3714 10015 3699 10020 3700 10056 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 273DEG 13KT 3703 10044 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
740 WWUS53 KDDC 120129 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC119-120200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-110612T0200Z/ MEADE KS- 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3700 10039 3712 10040 3714 10015 3699 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 271DEG 17KT 3702 10028 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ SUGDEN
747 WWUS53 KDDC 120152 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 852 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC119-120202- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-110612T0200Z/ MEADE KS- 852 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3700 10039 3712 10040 3714 10015 3699 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 271DEG 17KT 3702 10014 $$ SUGDEN
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, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 29 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 |
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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.