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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 2017Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2017, 7:53 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 15, 2017, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 N Sanford, KS
Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nw Frizell, 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
Apr 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2017-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WUUS53 KDDC 160053
SVRDDC
KSC145-160145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0022.170416T0053Z-170416T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
753 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT

* At 753 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
  Sanford, or 13 miles west of Larned, moving east at 15 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...
  Larned, Rozel, Ash Valley, Sanford and Fort Larned Historic Site. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9896 3817 9942 3834 9943 3835 9903
      3826 9903 3826 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 269DEG 15KT 3825 9933 

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

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
910 
WWUS53 KDDC 160120
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
820 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

KSC145-160145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170416T0145Z/
Pawnee KS-
820 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...

At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frizell, or 6
miles west of Larned, moving east at 20 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...
Larned, Ash Valley, Sanford and Fort Larned Historic Site. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9896 3817 9934 3832 9933 3835 9903
      3826 9903 3826 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 272DEG 17KT 3819 9922 

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

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa43 min
Apr 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee49 min
Apr 15, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche53 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott59 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche29 min
Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee43 min
Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego34 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche44 min
Apr 15, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford50 min
Apr 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess34 min
Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee38 min
Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee47 min
Apr 15, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee4 hr
Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee60 min
Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford55 min
Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush24 min
Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny39 min
Apr 15, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford4 hr
Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Stafford65 min
Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Kiowa, Pratt65 min
Apr 16, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney38 min
Apr 16, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray57 min
Apr 16, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Kiowa55 min
Apr 16, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord62 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.