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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 23, 20174 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2017, 5:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 23, 2017, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Ene Richfield, KS	MOST OF THE HAILSTONES WERE SOFT AND SPLATTERED ON IMPACT.
Mar 23, 6:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Rolla, 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
Mar 23, 3:46 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 174 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -900 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WUUS53 KDDC 232244
SVRDDC
KSC067-129-187-189-232330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0002.170323T2244Z-170323T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
544 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southern Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
  Elkhart, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...up to 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...
  Elkhart, Rolla, Manter, Richfield, Feterita, Wilburton, The
  Saunders Elevator, Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland and
  Cimarron Grassland Recreation Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 10204 3746 10125 3699 10156 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 211DEG 44KT 3697 10205 

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

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

901 
WWUS53 KDDC 232300
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
600 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

KSC067-129-187-189-232330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170323T2330Z/
Morton KS-Grant KS-Stanton KS-Stevens KS-
600 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN GRANT...SOUTHERN STANTON AND NORTHWESTERN
STEVENS COUNTIES...

At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Elkhart, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Elkhart, Rolla, Manter, Richfield, Feterita, Wilburton, The Saunders
Elevator, Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland and Cimarron Grassland
Recreation Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 10204 3746 10125 3699 10156 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 211DEG 44KT 3714 10193 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:38 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	17 hr
Mar 23, 3:56 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more	21 hr
Mar 23, 3:48 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	21 hr
Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	5 hr
Mar 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	47 min
Mar 23, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	44 min
Mar 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	40 min
Mar 23, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton	55 min
Mar 23, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	18 min
Mar 23, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	57 min
Mar 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	52 min
Mar 23, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	36 min
Mar 23, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Scott and 1 more	55 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.