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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2017Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 16, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 16, 3:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 S Beeler, KS
May 16, 4:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	7 Ssw Utica, KS

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -432 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

373 
WUUS53 KDDC 162054
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-162145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0069.170516T2054Z-170516T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Eastern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 445 PM CDT

* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Beeler, or 19 miles southeast of Dighton, moving north at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...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...
  Ness City, Ransom, Utica, Alamota, Arnold, Beeler, Pendennis and
  The Laird Elevator.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3827 10004 3828 10037 3868 10034 3868 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 195DEG 34KT 3829 10020 

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

RBURG

2 follow-up statements

394 
WWUS53 KDDC 162122
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
422 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

KSC101-135-162145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170516T2145Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
422 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN NESS AND EASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles east of
Utica, or 17 miles northwest of Ness City, moving north at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis 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...
Ness City, Ransom, Utica, Alamota, Arnold, Beeler, Pendennis and The
Laird Elevator.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3827 10004 3828 10037 3868 10034 3868 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 198DEG 39KT 3864 10011 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RBURG

888 
WWUS53 KDDC 162134
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
434 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

KSC101-135-162145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170516T2145Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
434 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN NESS AND EASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Arnold, or
13 miles northwest of Ness City, moving north at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis 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...
Ness City, Ransom, Utica, Alamota, Arnold, Beeler, Pendennis and The
Laird Elevator.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3827 10004 3828 10037 3868 10034 3868 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 196DEG 47KT 3861 10004 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	53 min
May 15, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	49 min
May 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	53 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	44 min
May 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Seward	48 min
May 15, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	54 min
May 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	61 min
May 15, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stevens	58 min
May 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray	61 min
May 15, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	50 min
May 15, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	53 min
May 15, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 1 more	54 min
May 15, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	47 min
May 15, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	46 min
May 15, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 2 more	53 min
May 15, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	42 min
May 15, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	35 min
May 15, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	67 min
May 16, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward, Stevens	63 min
May 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	56 min
May 16, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	53 min
May 16, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Seward	49 min
May 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	24 min
May 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	34 min
May 16, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	13 min
May 16, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	50 min
May 16, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	54 min
May 16, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	50 min
May 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	57 min
May 16, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	25 min
May 16, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	51 min
May 16, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	37 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	50 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	50 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	36 min
May 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	52 min
May 16, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	46 min
May 16, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	52 min
May 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	36 min
May 16, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	49 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	22 min
May 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	40 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	6 hr
May 16, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	34 min
May 16, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	30 min
May 16, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	33 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	35 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	29 min
May 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	46 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	21 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.