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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 14, 5:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 5311 Wnw Jetmore, 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.

642 
WUUS53 KDDC 142116
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-083-101-135-142200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0086.110614T2116Z-110614T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
  WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
  WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHIELDS TO 10 MILES
  SOUTH OF AMY TO GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DIGHTON...
  PENDENNIS...
  ALAMOTA...
  UTICA...
  ARNOLD...
  RANSOM...
  NESS CITY...
  BROWNELL...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN...LANE...NESS...NORTHERN FINNEY AND
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE 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 9959 3815 9962 3794 9985 3794 10018
      3804 10093 3834 10063 3868 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 283DEG 48KT 3867 10037 3831 10049
          3801 10080
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
400 
WWUS53 KDDC 142144
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-083-101-135-142200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110614T2200Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
444 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY...HODGEMAN...LANE AND NESS COUNTIES UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANSOM TO 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEELER TO 8 MILES NORTH OF INGALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 
50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KALVESTA...
  BROWNELL...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN...LANE...NESS...NORTHEASTERN GRAY
  AND NORTHERN FINNEY 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 9959 3815 9962 3794 9985 3794 10018
      3804 10093 3834 10063 3868 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 283DEG 48KT 3858 9992 3823 10004
          3793 10036
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

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, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott50 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.