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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 10, 2017Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 6:02 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
May 10, 2017, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 6:47 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

889 
WUUS53 KDDC 102302
SVRDDC
KSC129-110000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0039.170510T2302Z-170511T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
602 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Morton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT

* At 601 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
  Eva, or 13 miles southwest of Elkhart, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to Golf 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...
  Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10204 3736 10194 3699 10191 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 177DEG 26KT 3683 10201 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA
2 follow-up statements
671 
WWUS53 KDDC 102323
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
623 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

KSC129-110000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170511T0000Z/
Morton KS-
623 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN MORTON COUNTY...

At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
Elkhart, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Up to Golf 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...
Point of Rocks at Cimarron Grassland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10204 3736 10194 3699 10191 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 177DEG 26KT 3700 10202 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA
749 
WWUS53 KDDC 102347
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
647 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

KSC129-102357-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170511T0000Z/
Morton KS-
647 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3735 10204 3736 10194 3699 10191 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 177DEG 26KT 3719 10203 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton43 min
May 9, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton28 min
May 9, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Morton, Stanton42 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Seward, Stevens55 min
May 9, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens45 min
May 9, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Lane, Meade, Scott53 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.