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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 12, 2017Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2017, 6:12 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2017, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2017-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

350 
WUUS53 KDDC 130012
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-130100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0263.170713T0012Z-170713T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
712 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...
  North central Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/

* At 712 PM CDT/612 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 15
  miles southwest of Syracuse, moving east at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10184 3771 10167 3770 10199 3782 10204
      3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 252DEG 12KT 3782 10194 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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3 follow-up statements
991 
WWUS53 KDDC 130017
SVSDDC

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

KSC075-187-130100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-170713T0100Z/
Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
717 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
CDT/700 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTH CENTRAL STANTON
COUNTIES...

At 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles
southwest of Syracuse, moving east at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...The public reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph from this 
         storm in southwest Hamilton county at 707 pm CDT. 

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10184 3771 10167 3770 10199 3782 10204
      3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 252DEG 12KT 3782 10192 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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194 
WWUS53 KDDC 130033
SVSDDC

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

KSC075-187-130100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-170713T0100Z/
Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
733 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
CDT/700 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTH CENTRAL STANTON
COUNTIES...

At 733 PM CDT/633 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles
southwest of Syracuse, moving east at 10 mph.

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

SOURCE...The public has reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph with 
         this storm. 

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10184 3771 10167 3770 10199 3782 10204
      3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 252DEG 12KT 3784 10185 

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

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238 
WWUS53 KDDC 130051
SVSDDC

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

KSC075-187-130100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-170713T0100Z/
Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
751 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTH CENTRAL STANTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT/700 PM
MDT/...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning is weakening 
below severe limits.  Therefore, the warning will be allowed to 
expire at 8 PM MDT. 

LAT...LON 3799 10184 3771 10167 3770 10199 3782 10204
      3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 252DEG 12KT 3786 10179 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Jul 12, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane37 min
Jul 12, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane34 min
Jul 12, 6:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton52 min
Jul 12, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott58 min
Jul 12, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane50 min
Jul 12, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott35 min
Jul 13, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa29 min
Jul 13, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa51 min
Jul 13, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa66 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward46 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward61 min
Jul 13, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pratt62 min
Jul 13, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade46 min
Jul 13, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford44 min
Jul 13, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford54 min
Jul 13, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton40 min
Jul 13, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.