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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 10, 20174 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 7:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
May 10, 2017, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 7:51 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 18 N Sitka, KS
May 10, 7:38 PM CDTHAIL 19 N Sitka, KSSOME QUARTER SIZE. MOSTLY PEA SIZE.
May 10, 7:38 PM CDTHAIL 1.510 Se Clark State Lake, KSMARBLE TO WALNUT/PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2017-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

142 
WUUS53 KDDC 110026
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-057-097-110115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0040.170511T0026Z-170511T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 815 PM CDT

* At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Ashland, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Bucklin, Mullinville and Lexington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3724 9983 3768 9964 3752 9928 3717 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 205DEG 21KT 3728 9969 

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

HOVORKA
2 follow-up statements
422 
WWUS53 KDDC 110041
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-033-057-097-110115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170511T0115Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
741 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE
AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 741 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Clark State Lake, or 14 miles northeast of Ashland, moving northeast
at 25 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...
Bucklin, Mullinville and Lexington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3728 9974 3767 9961 3752 9928 3724 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 205DEG 21KT 3736 9964 

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

HOVORKA
255 
WWUS53 KDDC 110051
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-033-057-097-110101-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170511T0115Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
751 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK
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.

LAT...LON 3728 9974 3767 9961 3752 9928 3724 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 205DEG 21KT 3742 9961 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark54 min
May 10, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton26 min
May 10, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott63 min
May 10, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton37 min
May 10, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton65 min
May 10, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott62 min
May 10, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford40 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness29 min
May 10, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott44 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny41 min
May 10, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane50 min
May 10, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott45 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane49 min
May 10, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman28 min
May 10, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens57 min
May 10, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens45 min
May 11, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward50 min
May 11, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade41 min
May 11, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Meade52 min
May 11, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade39 min
May 11, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford53 min
May 11, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber67 min
May 11, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber51 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber52 min
May 11, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber24 min
May 11, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche67 min
May 11, 4:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCTrego24 hr

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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.