Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2017, 9:47 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- May 9, 2017, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2017, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nw Elkhart, KS | REPORTED AT ELKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL, 149 WILDCAT AVE, ELKHART, KS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
118
WUUS53 KDDC 100247
SVRDDC
KSC129-100315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.170510T0247Z-170510T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
947 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 1015 PM CDT
* At 946 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Elkhart, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. This storm has a
history of producing 60 to 65 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Elkhart, Wilburton, Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland and
Cimarron Grassland Recreation Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3721 10204 3731 10188 3704 10163 3699 10173
3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 237DEG 42KT 3703 10206
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Reynolds2 follow-up statements
117
WWUS53 KDDC 100304
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
KSC129-100315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170510T0315Z/
Morton KS-
1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN MORTON COUNTY...
At 1002 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Wilburton, or 9 miles north of Elkhart, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. A 52 mph wind gust
was observed at Elkhart Middle School.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Elkhart, Wilburton, Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland and Cimarron
Grassland Recreation Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3731 10189 3704 10163 3699 10173 3699 10204
3721 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 237DEG 42KT 3714 10186
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Reynolds728
WWUS53 KDDC 100315
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1015 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
KSC129-100324-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170510T0315Z/
Morton KS-
1015 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MORTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph remain possible.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3731 10189 3704 10163 3699 10173 3699 10204
3721 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 237DEG 42KT 3721 10172
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 43 min |
| May 9, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 42 min |
| May 9, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Seward, Stevens | 55 min |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 45 min |
| May 9, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane, Meade, Scott | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 45 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.