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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 7, 20176 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2017, 11:16 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 7, 2017, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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
Jul 7, 11:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	2 Nnw Ulysses, KS	MESONET STATION KULS, 1 NW ULYSSES.
Jul 8, 12:13 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 N Plymell, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

370 
WUUS53 KDDC 080416
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-175-189-080515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0261.170708T0416Z-170708T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1116 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...
  Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT

* At 1115 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 4 miles south of Deerfield to near Moscow, moving
  east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Garden City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Moscow, Plymell, Hickok,
  Ryus, Cave, Tice and Garden City Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3741 10144 3789 10142 3800 10068 3756 10067
      3709 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 268DEG 27KT 3792 10116 3732 10123 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

332 
WWUS53 KDDC 080441
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1141 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2017

KSC055-067-081-093-175-189-080515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-170708T0515Z/
Seward KS-Kearny KS-Finney KS-Grant KS-Stevens KS-Haskell KS-
1141 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...SOUTHWESTERN
FINNEY...GRANT...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 1140 PM CDT, the gust front from severe thunderstorms was located 
along a line extending from 5 miles southeast of Deerfield to 6 
miles north of Ryus to 4 miles north of Woods, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Garden City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Moscow, Plymell, Hickok,
Ryus, Cave, Tice and Garden City Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3741 10144 3789 10142 3800 10068 3756 10067
      3709 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 273DEG 24KT 3791 10108 3759 10107 3723 10111 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

838 
WWUS53 KDDC 080511
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1211 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017

KSC055-067-081-093-175-189-080520-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-170708T0515Z/
Seward KS-Kearny KS-Finney KS-Grant KS-Stevens KS-Haskell KS-
1211 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...GRANT...NORTHEASTERN
STEVENS AND HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3741 10144 3789 10142 3800 10068 3756 10067
      3709 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 268DEG 27KT 3792 10080 3760 10079 3724 10083 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	66 min
Jul 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton	66 min
Jul 7, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton, Stevens	66 min
Jul 8, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	65 min
Jul 8, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	53 min
Jul 8, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	66 min

Nearby

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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.