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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 2, 2017Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2017, 4:17 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Oct 2, 2017, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2017, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2017-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 2017-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

745 
WUUS53 KDDC 022217
SVRDDC
KSC075-022245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0321.171002T2217Z-171002T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
417 PM MDT MON OCT 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 445 PM MDT

* At 417 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles north of
  Syracuse, moving northeast at 45 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
  northeastern Hamilton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10182 3826 10154 3825 10154 3808 10167
      3816 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 206DEG 38KT 3820 10173 

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

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
161 
WWUS53 KDDC 022235
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
435 PM MDT MON OCT 2 2017

KSC075-022245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-171002T2245Z/
Hamilton KS-
435 PM MDT MON OCT 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail,
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3826 10182 3826 10154 3825 10154 3808 10167
      3816 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 206DEG 38KT 3837 10163 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton43 min
Oct 1, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott39 min
Oct 2, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott58 min
Oct 2, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Oct 2, 5:59 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCScott26 min

Nearby

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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.