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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
212
WFUS53 KDDC 120040
TORDDC
KSC119-175-120115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.110612T0040Z-110612T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
740 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 815 PM CDT
* AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYNE. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10066 3700 10068 3707 10065 3704 10048
3699 10049 3699 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 288DEG 13KT 3701 10061
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| 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, 7:43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.