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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2017Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2017, 1:52 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 9 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
Aug 10, 2017, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2017, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
3.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 2:19 PM CDTHAIL 4.253 Sw Voda, KSEM REPORT OF SOFTBALL TO BASEBALL HAIL AT MILE POST 121 ON I-70.
Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Wakeeney, KSSEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I-70 AT MM130. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 W Wakeeney, KSSEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I-70 AT MM130. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Wakeeney, KS90% OF CARS IN PARKING LOT WITH WINDOWS BROKEN. NEARBY HOMES HAVE WINDOWS BROKEN AND SIDING DAMAGE. NEARBY MILO IS STRIPPED DOWN.
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Wakeeney, KS90% OF CARS IN PARKING LOT WITH WINDOWS BROKEN. NEARBY HOMES HAVE WINDOWS BROKEN AND SIDING DAMAGE. NEARBY MILO IS STRIPPED DOWN.
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWakeeney, KSREPORTED AT DARI QUEEN, 521 BARCLAY AVE, WAKEENEY, KS 67672. SIDING TORN OFF AND WRAPPED AROUND NEIGHBORS TREE.
Aug 10, 2:37 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Wakeeney, KSVIDEO OF TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Wakeeney, KSREPORTED HAIL IN A PREVIOUS LSR ALSO WITH THIS SAME REPORT.
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Wakeeney, KSREPORTED WIND AS WELL; WAS ALSO SENT AS AN LSR.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2017-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

996 
WUUS53 KDDC 101852
SVRDDC
KSC195-101945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0285.170810T1852Z-170810T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
152 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 245 PM CDT

* At 151 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast
  of Park, or 11 miles southeast of Hoxie, moving southeast at 25
  mph.

  This is a very dangerous storm. 

  HAZARD...Three inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. 
           Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, 
           siding, and vehicles. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Wakeeney, Collyer and Voda. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3883 10011 3888 10015 3913 10015 3913 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 304DEG 23KT 3924 10028 

HAIL...3.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber17 min
Aug 9, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 min
Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche19 min
Aug 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber20 min
Aug 9, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche33 min
Aug 10, 4:31 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 10 more5 hr
Aug 10, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton63 min
Aug 10, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton52 min
Aug 10, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton41 min
Aug 10, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant52 min
Aug 10, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott39 min
Aug 10, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens39 min
Aug 10, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens38 min
Aug 10, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness57 min
Aug 10, 1:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more15 hr
Aug 10, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego49 min
Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego43 min
Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego57 min
Aug 10, 3:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego3 hr
Aug 10, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott30 min
Aug 10, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego44 min
Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush22 min
Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush46 min
Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford57 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt21 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa60 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford63 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa66 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.