Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 11 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.
- 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.
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
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
400
WWUS53 KDDC 142144
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
444 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
KSC055-069-083-101-135-142200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110614T2200Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
444 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY...HODGEMAN...LANE AND NESS COUNTIES UNTIL
500 PM CDT...
AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
WELL AHEAD OF A LINE OF STORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE DAMAGING
WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANSOM TO 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEELER TO 8 MILES NORTH OF INGALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALVESTA...
BROWNELL...
HANSTON...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HODGEMAN...LANE...NESS...NORTHEASTERN GRAY
AND NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3867 9959 3815 9962 3794 9985 3794 10018
3804 10093 3834 10063 3868 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 283DEG 48KT 3858 9992 3823 10004
3793 10036
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
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, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 50 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 |
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.