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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2017Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2017, 7:55 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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
Jun 13, 2017, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Jun 13, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 112 Sw Jetmore, KS
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 21 Nne Jetmore, KSTHIS WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PHOTO OF THE HAIL STONE.
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 2Jetmore, KSTHIS WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PHOTO OF THE HAIL STONE.
Jun 13, 8:08 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Jetmore, 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
Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 346 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WUUS53 KDDC 140055
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-140130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0147.170614T0055Z-170614T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
755 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Central Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT

* At 755 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
  HorseThief Reservoir, or 12 miles north of Dodge City, moving
  northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to Ping pong 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...
  Jetmore, HorseThief Reservoir, Rolling Hill Estates, Hodgeman State
  Lake and Jetmore City Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10001 3793 10020 3826 10012 3826 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 213DEG 51KT 3795 10005 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
584 
WWUS53 KDDC 140104
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
804 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

KSC057-083-140130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-170614T0130Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
804 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

At 803 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of
Jetmore, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...up to Ping pong 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...
Jetmore, Rolling Hill Estates, Hodgeman State Lake and Jetmore City
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3787 10010 3826 9998 3826 9960 3783 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 213DEG 51KT 3805 9996 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa45 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche, Pratt45 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord58 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush49 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman20 min
Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark56 min
Jun 13, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa51 min
Jun 13, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush23 min
Jun 13, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Pawnee, Rush66 min
Jun 13, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush35 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa60 min
Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa42 min
Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush34 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis57 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis9 min
Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt64 min
Jun 13, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Rush63 min
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche43 min
Jun 13, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis44 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford49 min
Jun 13, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford42 min
Jun 13, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt44 min
Jun 13, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche67 min
Jun 14, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche48 min
Jun 14, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber68 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.