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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 2014Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2014, 3:05 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
May 11, 2014, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 3:10 PM CDTHAIL 12 Sse Mccracken, KS
May 11, 3:55 PM CDTHAIL 13 Sw Catherine, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

535 
WUUS53 KDDC 112005
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-112045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.140511T2005Z-140511T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
305 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDER...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCCRACKEN...HARGRAVE...LIEBENTHAL...SCHOENCHEN...ANTONINO...
  MUNJOR...YOCEMENTO...TOULON...HAYS...CATHARINE...VICTORIA AND
  EMMERAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9903 3849 9943 3848 9969 3870 9962
      3870 9960 3876 9960 3914 9948 3913 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 212DEG 37KT 3851 9957

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber56 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt45 min
May 11, 2:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more22 hr
May 11, 3:48 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens16 hr
May 11, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman66 min
May 11, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade58 min
May 11, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush63 min
May 11, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee65 min
May 11, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
May 11, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade65 min
May 11, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush66 min
May 11, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee, Rush64 min
May 11, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee64 min
May 11, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis44 min
May 11, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa67 min
May 11, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego57 min
May 11, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush25 min
May 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush65 min
May 11, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman56 min
May 11, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford63 min
May 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman63 min
May 11, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee33 min
May 11, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman65 min
May 11, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee29 min
May 11, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush56 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.