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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 23, 20176 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2017, 8:21 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
Mar 23, 2017, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2017, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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
Mar 23, 8:56 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 645 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2017-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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 2017-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

957 
WUUS53 KDDC 240121
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-081-093-175-189-240215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0006.170324T0121Z-170324T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
821 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...
  Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT

* At 821 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 3 miles northeast of Ulysses to near Hooker, moving
  north at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 70 mph wind gusts and up to half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Garden City, Liberal, Ulysses, Hugoton, Lakin, Sublette, Satanta,
  Holcomb, Deerfield, Kismet, Moscow, Hayne, Plymell, Hickok, Ryus,
  Cave, Tice, Woods, Garden City Regional Airport and Arkalon Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10132 3789 10151 3814 10068 3700 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 200DEG 32KT 3761 10130 3686 10124 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens67 min
Mar 23, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant47 min
Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego66 min
Mar 23, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott and 1 more64 min
Mar 23, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell32 min
Mar 24, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman, Kiowa23 min
Mar 24, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche60 min
Mar 24, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush37 min

Nearby

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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.