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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
SUGDEN1 follow-up statement
161
WWUS53 KDDC 022235
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
435 PM MDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC075-022245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-171002T2245Z/
Hamilton KS-
435 PM MDT MON OCT 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail,
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3826 10182 3826 10154 3825 10154 3808 10167
3816 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 206DEG 38KT 3837 10163
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 7:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 8:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| Oct 2, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 58 min |
| Oct 2, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.