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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 W Scott City, KSA WIND GUST OF 65 MPH WAS REPORTED BY A DAVIS WEATHER INSTRUMENT ONE MILE OF WEST OF SCOTT CITY.
Jun 14, 4:06 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 55Healy, KSWIND GUST REPORT WAS FROM THE KSN WEATHER NETWORK AT THE HEALY HIGH SCHOOL.

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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2011-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-436 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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.

776 
WUUS53 KDDC 142055
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-101-171-142145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0085.110614T2055Z-110614T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SHALLOW WATER...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MODOC...
  SCOTT CITY...
  SHALLOW WATER...
  GRIGSTON...
  HEALY...
  AMY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
  SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE 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 3867 10051 3804 10061 3808 10107 3827 10122
      3827 10113 3852 10114 3858 10111 3869 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 283DEG 30KT 3833 10106
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
493 
WWUS53 KDDC 142110
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

KSC055-093-101-171-142145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110614T2145Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...WESTERN LANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM CDT...

AT 408 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST 
NORTH OF FRIEND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND...
  GRIGSTON...
  HEALY...
  AMY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
  SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3867 10051 3804 10061 3808 10107 3827 10122
      3827 10113 3852 10114 3858 10111 3869 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 283DEG 30KT 3830 10092
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more24 hr
Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott41 min
Jun 14, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness44 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray37 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more61 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee50 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford49 min

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.