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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 11, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 11, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Ese Hayne, 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 11, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WFUS53 KDDC 120016 TORDDC KSC119-175-120045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0017.110612T0016Z-110612T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 716 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYNE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3700 10081 3712 10079 3712 10049 3699 10050 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 275DEG 14KT 3702 10068 HAIL 1.50IN $$ SUGDEN !
1 follow-up statement
630 WWUS53 KDDC 120026 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 KSC119-175-120045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110612T0045Z/ SEWARD KS-MEADE KS- 726 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYNE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3700 10075 3711 10072 3712 10049 3699 10050 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 275DEG 14KT 3702 10065 HAIL 1.50IN $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 3:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 11 hr |
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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.