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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 12, 2017Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2017, 5:51 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 12, 2017, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2017, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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
Jul 12, 6:07 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 5518 Sw Syracuse, KSESTIMATED 50-60 MPH.

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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2017-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-07-12The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

511 
WUUS53 KDDC 122351
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-130015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0262.170712T2351Z-170713T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
651 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/

* At 650 PM CDT/550 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 16
  miles north of Manter, or 18 miles northwest of Johnson City,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Hamilton and northwestern Stanton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10194 3776 10172 3764 10201 3767 10204
      3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 229DEG 11KT 3775 10200 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER
1 follow-up statement
753 
WWUS53 KDDC 130000
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
700 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

KSC075-187-130015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-170713T0015Z/
Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
700 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN STANTON
COUNTIES...

At 659 PM CDT/559 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles
north of Manter, or 18 miles southwest of Syracuse, moving northeast
at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Hamilton and northwestern Stanton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10194 3776 10172 3769 10191 3768 10202
      3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 226DEG 13KT 3778 10197 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton65 min
Jul 12, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane18 min
Jul 12, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane23 min
Jul 12, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton34 min
Jul 12, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego25 min
Jul 12, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny35 min
Jul 12, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane45 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.