Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2017, 5:35 PM CDT for Haskell County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 27, 2017, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2017, 6:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ssw Tice, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 272235
SVRDDC
KSC081-175-272330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0310.170827T2235Z-170827T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT
* At 534 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Tice, or
5 miles east of Sublette, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Public and doppler radar.
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...
Sublette, Kismet, Tice and Arkalon Park.
At 525 PM CDT, quarter size hail was reported 9 miles east northeast
of Sublette.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3723 10106 3756 10076 3750 10065 3710 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 020DEG 23KT 3749 10074
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID3 follow-up statements
702
WWUS53 KDDC 272255
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
555 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
KSC081-175-272330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-170827T2330Z/
Seward KS-Haskell KS-
555 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN SEWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Sublette, moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kismet and Arkalon Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3746 10085 3743 10066 3710 10069 3723 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 020DEG 25KT 3735 10080
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID762
WWUS53 KDDC 272308
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
608 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
KSC081-272318-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-170827T2330Z/
Haskell KS-
608 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3738 10091 3728 10069 3710 10069 3723 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 020DEG 23KT 3727 10084
$$
KSC175-272330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-170827T2330Z/
Seward KS-
608 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY...
At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of
Kismet, or 13 miles west of Plains, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kismet and Arkalon Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 10091 3728 10069 3710 10069 3723 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 020DEG 23KT 3727 10084
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSON054
WWUS53 KDDC 272316
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
616 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
KSC175-272326-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-170827T2330Z/
Seward KS-
616 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3738 10091 3728 10069 3710 10069 3723 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 020DEG 23KT 3722 10086
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 63 min |
| Aug 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stevens | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 33 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.