Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Ransom, KS | |
| Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Sse Arnold, KS | |
| Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nw Ness City, KS | |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Ness City, KS | MOSTLY QUARTERS WITH A FEW GOLF BALL. |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Ness 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 17 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.