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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 16, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
748 WFUS53 KDDC 162252 TORDDC KSC135-195-162315- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0019.110616T2252Z-110616T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 552 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARNOLD AND RANSOM. 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 3883 10013 3875 9976 3835 10000 3843 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 197DEG 21KT 3854 10011 HAIL <.50IN $$ WAH
1 follow-up statement
372 WWUS53 KDDC 162314 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 KSC135-195-162324- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110616T2315Z/ TREGO KS-NESS KS- 614 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3883 10013 3875 9976 3835 10000 3843 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 197DEG 21KT 3866 10006 $$ WAH
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, 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, 6:29 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 |
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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.