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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 5:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 61	2 Nne Dodge City, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

294 
WUUS53 KDDC 162244
SVRDDC
KSC047-055-057-069-083-162330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0095.110616T2244Z-110616T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...AND     DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  GUSTNADOES 
ARE ALSO          POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
6   MILES NORTH     OF DODGE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DODGE CITY...
  SPEARVILLE...
  BELLEFONT...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FINNEY...HODGEMAN...NORTHEASTERN
  GRAY...NORTHERN FORD AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS 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 3770 10037 3823 10028 3811 9957 3809 9957
      3809 9955 3762 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 217DEG 52KT 3787 10002
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WAH

1 follow-up statement

802 
WWUS53 KDDC 162305
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-069-162314-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110616T2330Z/
GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
605 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3767 10011 3821 10017 3811 9957 3802 9957
      3762 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 217DEG 52KT 3810 9980

$$

KSC057-083-162330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110616T2330Z/
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-
605 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FORD
AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JETMORE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JETMORE...
  HANSTON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FORD AND 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 3767 10011 3821 10017 3811 9957 3802 9957
      3762 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 217DEG 52KT 3810 9980
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

WAH

The 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, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	61 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Scott	42 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.