Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 4:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 16, 2017, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
036
WUUS53 KDDC 162110
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-069-119-162200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0072.170516T2110Z-170516T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 410 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles west of
Minneola, or 18 miles northeast of Meade, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
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...
Bucklin, Minneola, Fowler, Ford, Ensign, Bloom and Kingsdown.
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 3730 9993 3741 10026 3768 10029 3773 9978
3754 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 218DEG 24KT 3745 10007
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS53 KDDC 162129
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC069-162139-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Gray KS-
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3730 9993 3741 10026 3768 10009 3773 9978
3754 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 218DEG 24KT 3755 9997
$$
KSC025-057-119-162200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES...
At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of
Bloom, or 14 miles south of Dodge City, moving northeast at 30 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...
Bucklin, Minneola, Fowler, Ford, Bloom and Kingsdown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3730 9993 3741 10026 3768 10009 3773 9978
3754 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 218DEG 24KT 3755 9997
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
SUGDEN689
WWUS53 KDDC 162152
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
452 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC025-057-119-162202-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170516T2200Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
452 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN
MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3730 9993 3741 10026 3768 10009 3773 9978
3754 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 218DEG 24KT 3767 9985
$$
SUGDENThe 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, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.