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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2017Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 3:13 AM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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: May 27, 2017, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 3:35 AM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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
May 27, 3:13 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Schoenchen, 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
May 27, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

327 
WUUS53 KDDC 270813
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-270900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0124.170527T0813Z-170527T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
313 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 400 AM CDT

* At 313 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near
  Schoenchen, or 11 miles north of La Crosse, moving east at 40 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...
  Victoria, Schoenchen, Liebenthal, Walker, Munjor, Antonino,
  Loretta, Pfeifer and Toulon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Dodge City.

&&

LAT...LON 3888 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3855 9903
      3860 9935 3881 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 263DEG 33KT 3870 9931 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

3 follow-up statements

049 
WWUS53 KDDC 270821
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
321 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC051-165-270900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-170527T0900Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
321 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 320 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Pfeifer,
or 14 miles northeast of La Crosse, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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...
Victoria, Walker, Loretta, Pfeifer and Toulon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Dodge City.

&&

LAT...LON 3888 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3855 9903
      3858 9924 3884 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 266DEG 43KT 3870 9915 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

950 
WWUS53 KDDC 270831
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
331 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC051-165-270900-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-170527T0900Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
331 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 331 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Milberger, or 14 miles southwest of Russell, moving east at 40 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...
Walker.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Dodge City.

&&

LAT...LON 3888 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3855 9903
      3858 9909 3886 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 263DEG 33KT 3871 9901 

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

JJOHNSON

061 
WWUS53 KDDC 270835
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC051-165-270845-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-170527T0900Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3888 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3855 9903
      3858 9909 3886 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 263DEG 33KT 3871 9896 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	56 min
May 27, 1:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	39 min
May 27, 1:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	34 min
May 27, 2:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	40 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	49 min
May 27, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	35 min
May 27, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	34 min
May 27, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	67 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.