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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2017Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2017, 7:23 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 14, 2017, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2017, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 14, 7:24 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Nw Hayne, KS
May 14, 7:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	8 Nw Hayne, KS
May 14, 7:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Nw Hayne, KS
May 14, 8:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	8 Wnw Kismet, KS	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 99 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: 1017 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

231 
WUUS53 KDDC 150023
SVRDDC
KSC175-150115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0052.170515T0023Z-170515T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
723 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Seward County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 815 PM CDT

* At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Liberal, moving northeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and up to ping pong ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Kismet and Arkalon Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3719 10102 3739 10081 3739 10064 3737 10063
      3716 10064 3710 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 236DEG 10KT 3715 10095 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

4 follow-up statements

979 
WWUS53 KDDC 150034
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
734 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

KSC175-150115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170515T0115Z/
Seward KS-
734 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY...

At 734 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Hayne, or 9 miles north of Liberal, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Kismet and Arkalon Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10100 3739 10081 3739 10064 3737 10063
      3716 10064 3710 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 237DEG 13KT 3718 10090 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

808 
WWUS53 KDDC 150046
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
746 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

KSC175-150115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170515T0115Z/
Seward KS-
746 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY...

At 745 PM CDT, a new severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north 
of Liberal, moving northeast at 10 mph. 

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Kismet and Arkalon Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10100 3739 10081 3739 10064 3737 10063
      3716 10064 3710 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 343DEG 4KT 3714 10092 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

183 
WWUS53 KDDC 150049 CCA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
749 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

KSC175-150115-
/O.COR.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170515T0115Z/
Seward KS-
749 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY...

At 749 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of
Hayne, or 9 miles north of Liberal, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Kismet and Arkalon Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10100 3739 10081 3739 10064 3737 10063
      3716 10064 3710 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 252DEG 7KT 3714 10092 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

133 
WWUS53 KDDC 150104
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
804 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

KSC175-150115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170515T0115Z/
Seward KS-
804 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY...

At 803 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of
Kismet, or 11 miles west of Plains, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Up to two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Kismet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10096 3739 10081 3739 10064 3737 10063
      3716 10064 3715 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 223DEG 24KT 3724 10080 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	14 min
May 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	23 min
May 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	65 min
May 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	60 min
May 15, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	44 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.