Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 12, 6:07 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 18 Sw Syracuse, KS | ESTIMATED 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.
- 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
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
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
753
WWUS53 KDDC 130000
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
700 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017
KSC075-187-130015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-170713T0015Z/
Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
700 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN STANTON
COUNTIES...
At 659 PM CDT/559 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles
north of Manter, or 18 miles southwest of Syracuse, moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Hamilton and northwestern Stanton Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 10194 3776 10172 3769 10191 3768 10202
3781 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 226DEG 13KT 3778 10197
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 18 min |
| Jul 12, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 45 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.