Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 4:06 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 7 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, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 4:17 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 8 W Plymell, KS | GOLFBALL TO APPROACHING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. |
| May 16, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 1 E Holcomb, KS | |
| May 16, 4:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Holcomb, KS | |
| May 16, 4:29 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Holcomb, KS | |
| May 16, 4:34 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 Nw Garden City, KS | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 16, 4:34 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Garden City, KS | |
| May 16, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 8 N Garden City, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
500 WUUS53 KDDC 162106 SVRDDC KSC055-162200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.170516T2106Z-170516T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 406 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Finney County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 500 PM CDT * At 406 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles south of Plymell, or 14 miles south of Garden City, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Garden City, Holcomb, Plymell, Garden City Regional Airport, The Lowe Elevator and The Tennis 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 southwestern Kansas. LAT...LON 3775 10068 3774 10106 3824 10109 3825 10066 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 192DEG 27KT 3776 10088 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ RBURG
3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 162120
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
420 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC055-162200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Finney KS-
420 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
At 420 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Holcomb, or 7 miles southwest of Garden City, moving north at 35 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Garden City, Holcomb, Plymell, Garden City Regional Airport, The Lowe
Elevator and The Tennis Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3775 10068 3774 10106 3824 10109 3825 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 187DEG 30KT 3790 10095
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG654
WWUS53 KDDC 162129 RRA
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC055-162200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Finney KS-
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast of
Holcomb, or 3 miles west of Garden City, moving north at 30 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Garden City, Holcomb, Garden City Regional Airport, The Lowe Elevator
and The Tennis 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 southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3785 10068 3787 10107 3824 10109 3825 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 192DEG 27KT 3797 10093
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG230
WWUS53 KDDC 162145
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC055-162200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Finney KS-
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Garden City, moving north at 30 mph.
This is a very dangerous storm.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
The Tennis Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3803 10068 3805 10107 3824 10109 3825 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 192DEG 27KT 3809 10090
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURGThe 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, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 50 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.