Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2017, 9:06 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 19, 2017, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Wsw Centerview, KS | THE HAIL WAS MOSTLY PEA SIZE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
418
WUUS53 KDDC 200206
SVRDDC
KSC047-097-200230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0034.170420T0206Z-170420T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
906 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Southern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 930 PM CDT
* At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
of Centerview, or 11 miles northwest of Greensburg, moving east at
30 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...
Haviland, Wellsford, Trousdale, Centerview, Fellsburg and The
Brenham Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9950 3784 9947 3784 9903 3756 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 280DEG 27KT 3775 9939
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
868
WWUS53 KDDC 200218
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
918 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017
KSC047-097-200230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-170420T0230Z/
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
918 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...
At 918 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Centerview, or 8 miles north of Greensburg, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Haviland, Wellsford, Trousdale, Centerview, Fellsburg and The Brenham
Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9946 3783 9943 3784 9903 3756 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 280DEG 27KT 3773 9927
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN357
WWUS53 KDDC 200223
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
923 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017
KSC047-097-200233-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-170420T0230Z/
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
923 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KIOWA AND
SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 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 small hail,
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3767 9946 3783 9943 3784 9903 3756 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 280DEG 27KT 3772 9923
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barton | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 53 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.