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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 6, 20174 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2017, 6:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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: Oct 6, 2017, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2017, 7:29 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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
Oct 6, 7:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	11 Ssw Plymell, KS	QUARTER SIZED.
Oct 6, 7:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 S Plymell, KS	QUARTER SIZED.
Oct 6, 7:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 S Plymell, KS	QUARTER SIZED.

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
Oct 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

894 
WUUS53 KDDC 062347
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-070045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0342.171006T2347Z-171007T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
647 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT

* At 647 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles north of
  Hickok, or 7 miles east of Ulysses, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  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...
  Ulysses, Pierceville, Plymell, Hickok and Garden City Regional
  Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 10134 3766 10135 3800 10067 3757 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 237DEG 33KT 3761 10123 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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3 follow-up statements

981 
WWUS53 KDDC 070010
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
710 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

KSC067-093-070019-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-171007T0045Z/
Kearny KS-Grant KS-
710 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES 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 3759 10101 3775 10105 3790 10067 3757 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 256DEG 43KT 3767 10092 

$$

KSC055-081-070045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-171007T0045Z/
Finney KS-Haskell KS-
710 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Plymell, or 13 miles north of Sublette, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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...
Pierceville and Plymell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3759 10101 3775 10105 3790 10067 3757 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 256DEG 43KT 3767 10092 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

612 
WWUS53 KDDC 070021
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
721 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

KSC055-081-070045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-171007T0045Z/
Finney KS-Haskell KS-
721 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 721 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Plymell, or 16 miles southeast of Garden City, moving northeast at 50
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...
Pierceville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10082 3783 10084 3790 10067 3766 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 238DEG 43KT 3776 10073 

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

UMSCHEID

144 
WWUS53 KDDC 070029
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
729 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

KSC055-081-070039-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-171007T0045Z/
Finney KS-Haskell KS-
729 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES 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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3769 10082 3783 10084 3790 10067 3766 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 237DEG 33KT 3780 10065 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 10:26 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	12 hr
Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	50 min
Oct 6, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	25 min
Oct 6, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	39 min
Oct 6, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	39 min
Oct 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	61 min
Oct 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	46 min
Oct 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	36 min
Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	36 min
Oct 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	34 min
Oct 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	54 min
Oct 6, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	54 min
Oct 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	48 min
Oct 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	33 min
Oct 6, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	53 min
Oct 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell	62 min
Oct 6, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.