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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 27, 2017Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2017, 9:10 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 27, 2017, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2017-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 376 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
788 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS53 KDDC 280210
SVRDDC
KSC171-280300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0036.170428T0210Z-170428T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
910 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT

* At 910 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest
  of Scott State Lake, or 8 miles northwest of Scott City, moving
  east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Scott City, Modoc, Pence, Manning, Scott State Lake and The Tractor
  Elevator.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3848 10069 3844 10111 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 251DEG 20KT 3859 10097 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
115 
WWUS53 KDDC 280226
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
926 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

KSC171-280300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170428T0300Z/
Scott KS-
926 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY...

At 926 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of
Scott State Lake, or 10 miles north of Scott City, moving east at 25
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Manning, Scott State Lake and The Tractor Elevator. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3848 10069 3848 10098 3870 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 251DEG 20KT 3862 10086 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH
097 
WWUS53 KDDC 280259
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
959 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

KSC171-280309-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170428T0300Z/
Scott KS-
959 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 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.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3848 10069 3848 10098 3870 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 251DEG 20KT 3868 10064 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott57 min
Apr 28, 2:56 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchDDCEllis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more25 hr
Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more54 hr

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.