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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 2011Lane County, Ness County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:33 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 5:52 PM CDTTORNADO10 Se Beeler, KSTHE TORNADO ENDED AT 555PM CDT. AT 38.349N AND 100.055W. MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE AND MODERATE DAMAGE TO A LARGE METAL OUTBUILDING.
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 609 S Dighton, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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°0°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.

895 
WUUS53 KDDC 162233
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-171-162315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0094.110616T2233Z-110616T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 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 WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF 
  DIGHTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AMY...
  DIGHTON...
  ALAMOTA...
  BEELER...
  SHIELDS...
  UTICA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LANE...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN NESS
  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 3870 10011 3861 9985 3826 10013 3834 10073
      3871 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 213DEG 27KT 3830 10045
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
458 
WWUS53 KDDC 162257
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-171-162315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110616T2315Z/
SCOTT KS-NESS KS-LANE KS-
557 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANE...WESTERN
NESS AND EAST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 555 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 POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALAMOTA...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALAMOTA...
  BEELER...
  SHIELDS...
  UTICA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SCOTT...LANE AND WESTERN NESS
  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 3870 10011 3861 9985 3826 10013 3834 10073
      3871 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 213DEG 27KT 3846 10032
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, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness47 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, 5:44 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

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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.