Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2017, 5:31 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 13, 2017, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 13, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 N Iuka, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 132231
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-132315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0264.170713T2231Z-170713T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
531 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
Northeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CDT
* At 530 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Byers to near Preston, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Up to Ping pong ball size 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...
Pratt, Stafford, Iuka, Preston, Natrona, Neola, Zenith, Pratt
Regional Airport and Pratt County Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3762 9880 3794 9886 3799 9847 3765 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 266DEG 13KT 3786 9881 3774 9855
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HOVORKA2 follow-up statements
804
WWUS53 KDDC 132252
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
552 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2017
KSC151-185-132315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-170713T2315Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
552 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...
At 551 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southwest of Stafford to 4 miles south of
Turon, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Stafford, Iuka, Preston, Natrona, Neola and Zenith.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 9873 3794 9886 3799 9847 3765 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 266DEG 13KT 3787 9872 3774 9846
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HOVORKA109
WWUS53 KDDC 132307
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
607 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2017
KSC151-185-132317-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-170713T2315Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
607 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM 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.
LAT...LON 3773 9873 3794 9886 3799 9847 3765 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 266DEG 13KT 3787 9866 3774 9840
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pratt | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 31 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.