Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 61 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, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 16, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mullinville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252 WUUS53 KDDC 162229 SVRDDC KSC025-047-057-097-162330- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0093.110616T2229Z-110616T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 529 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 527 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINVILLE... AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... CENTERVIEW... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN FORD... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND WESTERN KIOWA 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 3787 9961 3787 9919 3740 9922 3743 9960 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 191DEG 11KT 3750 9947 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
809
WWUS53 KDDC 162241
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
541 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
KSC025-162251-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110616T2330Z/
CLARK KS-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3743 9956 3747 9956 3747 9960 3786 9961
3787 9960 3787 9919 3741 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 191DEG 11KT 3758 9952
$$
KSC047-057-097-162330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110616T2330Z/
KIOWA KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FORD...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...
AT 536 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
MULLINVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MULLINVILLE...
GREENSBURG...
CENTERVIEW...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND
WESTERN KIOWA 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 3743 9956 3747 9956 3747 9960 3786 9961
3787 9960 3787 9919 3741 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 191DEG 11KT 3758 9952
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 31 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.