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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2017Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 5 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 15, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 15, 5:44 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ssw Ransom, KS
Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 Sse Arnold, KS
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 Nw Ness City, KS
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Ness City, KSMOSTLY QUARTERS WITH A FEW GOLF BALL.
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDTHAIL 1Ness City, 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 15, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2017-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3017 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
3017 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

916 
WUUS53 KDDC 152243
SVRDDC
KSC135-165-152345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0166.170615T2243Z-170615T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
543 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT

* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast
  of Ransom, or 10 miles north of Ness City, moving southeast at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Ness City, Bazine, Ransom, Utica, Alexander, Arnold, Brownell and
  The Laird Elevator.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3867 10023 3866 9991 3866 9973 3837 9938
      3836 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 306DEG 23KT 3860 9990 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
413 
WWUS53 KDDC 152308
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
608 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

KSC135-165-152345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170615T2345Z/
Ness KS-Rush KS-
608 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of
Bazine, or 8 miles northeast of Ness City, moving southeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Ness City, Bazine, Alexander and The Laird Elevator. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3856 10019 3861 9989 3862 9972 3837 9938
      3836 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 310DEG 14KT 3852 9976 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
955 
WWUS53 KDDC 152335
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
635 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

KSC135-165-152345-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170615T2345Z/
Ness KS-Rush KS-
635 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3856 10019 3861 9989 3862 9972 3837 9938
      3836 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 306DEG 23KT 3842 9958 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego63 min
Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego55 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego16 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego20 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis48 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego44 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush43 min
Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis4 hr
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott62 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis47 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego57 min
Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott49 min
Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush47 min
Jun 15, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush47 min
Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego45 min
Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush55 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford62 min
Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford31 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche52 min
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush39 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray57 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford57 min
Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman17 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.