Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2017, 8:08 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Sep 24, 2017, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
257
WUUS53 KDDC 250108
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-250200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0320.170925T0108Z-170925T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
808 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Ness County in west central Kansas...
Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT
* At 808 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arnold, or 17
miles northwest of Ness City, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ransom, Ogallah, Arnold, Trego Center and Cedar Bluff Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 9960 3854 10006 3871 10016 3881 10015
3912 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 229DEG 31KT 3867 10007
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
673
WWUS53 KDDC 250134
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
834 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017
KSC135-195-250200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-170925T0200Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
834 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL NESS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES...
At 834 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Trego Center, or 14 miles south of Wakeeney, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ransom, Ogallah, Trego Center and Cedar Bluff Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 9996 3870 10005 3887 10006 3912 9968
3873 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 233DEG 31KT 3881 9987
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD139
WWUS53 KDDC 250151
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
851 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017
KSC135-195-250200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-170925T0200Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
851 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NESS AND
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty winds
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.
LAT...LON 3858 9996 3870 10005 3887 10006 3912 9968
3873 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 229DEG 31KT 3890 9973
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 7:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Hodgeman | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford, Gray | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 6 hr |
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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.