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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 5:29 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2011, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WUUS53 KDDC 192229 SVRDDC KSC185-192315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0009.110519T2229Z-110519T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 529 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUDSON... SEWARD... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3794 9849 3800 9889 3826 9891 3827 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 189DEG 35KT 3811 9871 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ RUSSELL
3 follow-up statements
164 WWUS53 KDDC 192244 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 544 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC185-192315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110519T2315Z/ STAFFORD KS- 544 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUDSON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3794 9849 3800 9889 3826 9891 3827 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 207DEG 40KT 3819 9861 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
577 WWUS53 KDDC 192252 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 552 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC185-192315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110519T2315Z/ STAFFORD KS- 552 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF ELLINWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUDSON... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY. QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3810 9849 3810 9868 3826 9872 3827 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 211DEG 38KT 3828 9852 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
584 WWUS53 KDDC 192309 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 609 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC185-192318- /O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110519T2315Z/ STAFFORD KS- 609 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3810 9849 3810 9868 3826 9872 3827 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 211DEG 38KT 3842 9841 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.