Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 W Scott City, KS | A WIND GUST OF 65 MPH WAS REPORTED BY A DAVIS WEATHER INSTRUMENT ONE MILE OF WEST OF SCOTT CITY. |
| Jun 14, 4:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Healy, KS | WIND 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.
- 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
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
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 142110
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
KSC055-093-101-171-142145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110614T2145Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...WESTERN LANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM CDT...
AT 408 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF FRIEND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRIEND...
GRIGSTON...
HEALY...
AMY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3867 10051 3804 10061 3808 10107 3827 10122
3827 10113 3852 10114 3858 10111 3869 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 283DEG 30KT 3830 10092
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 49 min |
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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.