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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 20116 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:13 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2011, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 16, 5:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 703 N Howell, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2230 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 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
2230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

750 
WUUS53 KDDC 162213
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-101-135-162300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0091.110616T2213Z-110616T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
513 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  NORTH OF CIMARRON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...
  KALVESTA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN GRAY...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND WESTERN
  HODGEMAN 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 3835 10063 3824 9967 3780 10015 3786 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 208DEG 21KT 3795 10034
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
116 
WWUS53 KDDC 162227
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSC055-057-069-083-101-135-162300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110616T2300Z/
NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-FORD KS-
527 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
FORD...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN GRAY...WESTERN HODGEMAN...
SOUTHERN LANE AND SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  GUSTNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE 
IN THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALVESTA...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KALVESTA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN GRAY...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND WESTERN
  HODGEMAN 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 3835 10063 3824 9967 3780 10015 3786 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 208DEG 21KT 3801 10030
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney50 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray45 min
Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman39 min
Jun 15, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade52 min
Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade52 min
Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray44 min
Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt48 min
Jun 16, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa61 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott42 min
Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman46 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego23 min
Jun 16, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego50 min
Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt62 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush48 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford61 min
Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman39 min
Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego40 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee31 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.