Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 6:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 6 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Ese Croft, KS | ONLY A FEW HAIL STONES FELL. |
| Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ese Croft, KS | |
| Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Coats, KS | |
| Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Wnw Coats, KS | |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 N Coats, KS | |
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Cullison, KS | A CARPORT AND FLAGPOLE WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE CITY OF CULLISON. |
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, 11.2 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.
- 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.
156 WUUS53 KDDC 162313 SVRDDC KSC007-047-097-151-170015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0097.110616T2313Z-110617T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 613 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 609 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 SUN CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUN CITY... CROFT... COATS... WELLSFORD... CULLISON... PRATT... IUKA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN 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 3781 9905 3781 9848 3726 9872 3741 9906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 192DEG 19KT 3742 9889 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
278
WWUS53 KDDC 162338
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
638 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
KSC097-162348-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/
KIOWA KS-
638 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3738 9870 3748 9899 3763 9902 3781 9901
3781 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 192DEG 19KT 3754 9886
$$
KSC007-151-170015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
638 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BARBER AND PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 633 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 NEAR
COATS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COATS...
CULLISON...
PRATT...
IUKA...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND PRATT 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 3738 9870 3748 9899 3763 9902 3781 9901
3781 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 192DEG 19KT 3754 9886
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JJOHNSON636 WWUS53 KDDC 170000 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 700 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 KSC007-170009- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/ BARBER KS- 700 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3747 9867 3751 9894 3781 9901 3781 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 192DEG 19KT 3765 9883 $$ KSC151-170015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/ PRATT KS- 700 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 656 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 CULLISON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CULLISON... IUKA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PRATT COUNTY. 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 3747 9867 3751 9894 3781 9901 3781 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 192DEG 19KT 3765 9883 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JJOHNSON
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, 5:44 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, 6:27 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 |
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.