Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2011, 7:13 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 21, 2011, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:17 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Johnson City, KS | |
| Jul 21, 7:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nne Johnson City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770 WWUS83 KDDC 220113 SPSDDC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 KSZ061-074-084-220200- HAMILTON-MORTON-STANTON- 713 PM MDT THU JUL 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...NORTHERN MORTON AND STANTON COUNTIES... AT 708 PM MDT/808 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SYRACUSE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 3825 10155 3741 10155 3714 10200 3825 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 247DEG 31KT 3797 10175 3746 10175 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 3:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 21 min |
| Jul 22, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 25 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.