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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 20114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 6:29 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, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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, 6:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	5 Sse Kinsley, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

417 
WUUS53 KDDC 162329
SVRDDC
KSC047-097-145-185-170030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0099.110616T2329Z-110617T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 627 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 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTERVIEW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  FELLSBURG...
  TROUSDALE...
  KINSLEY...
  LEWIS...
  BELPRE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  GARFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS...NORTHERN KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN
  PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3804 9943 3825 9892 3784 9892 3783 9906
      3767 9909 3774 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 199DEG 19KT 3778 9935
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

692 
WWUS53 KDDC 162348
SVSDDC

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

KSC097-162358-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110617T0030Z/
KIOWA KS-
648 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3775 9909 3780 9943 3804 9943 3825 9892
      3784 9892 3783 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 199DEG 19KT 3785 9910

$$

KSC047-145-185-170030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110617T0030Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
648 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 647 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
TROUSDALE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUSDALE...
  LEWIS...
  BELPRE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  ZOOK...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3775 9909 3780 9943 3804 9943 3825 9892
      3784 9892 3783 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 199DEG 19KT 3785 9910
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON

415 
WWUS53 KDDC 170020
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-145-185-170030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110617T0030Z/
STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
720 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 719 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
LEWIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWIS...
  GARFIELD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3783 9906 3780 9943 3804 9943 3825 9892
      3784 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 245DEG 11KT 3798 9926
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, 6:13 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, 6:36 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.