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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2017Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2017, 7:40 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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 14, 2017, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2017, 7:54 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 0.7 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 2017-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1017 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

878 
WUUS53 KDDC 150040
SVRDDC
KSC175-189-150130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0053.170515T0040Z-170515T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  East central Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT

* At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woods, or 11
  miles east of Hugoton, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and 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...
  Woods.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3709 10117 3722 10126 3736 10101 3717 10091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 240DEG 15KT 3718 10114 

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

TURNER
1 follow-up statement
693 
WWUS53 KDDC 150054
SVSDDC

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

KSC175-189-150104-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170515T0130Z/
Seward KS-Stevens KS-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD AND EAST
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened 
below severe limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3709 10117 3722 10126 3736 10101 3717 10091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 240DEG 15KT 3721 10107 

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward52 min
May 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward23 min
May 14, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray65 min
May 15, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton60 min
May 15, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.