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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
693
WWUS53 KDDC 150054
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017
KSC175-189-150104-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170515T0130Z/
Seward KS-Stevens KS-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD AND EAST
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3709 10117 3722 10126 3736 10101 3717 10091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 240DEG 15KT 3721 10107
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.